Andrey's questions about poems (split from the intro thread)

[AndreyGaganov]

Why does the poet not care immensely if his/her poem is received in exactly the same way it was delivered? Because (most) poetry is not about answers, but questions.

You are confusing me. Most poems I've read are not filled with questions, ... unless I misunderstood what you said. 

Please stop assuming that poetry and prose are at odds.

Yet people still try to sell me the idea that poetry can express the inexpressible, that there is beauty within (still not sure where that one came from). They are trying to differentiate poetry, so how are they not at odds?

Many of us write prose also, and will tell you that prose does not fit into one neat category. I do not choose a report format for a reflective essay. I do not write science fiction in the form of a policy document. I do not write a letter to the editor as if it was detective fiction.

Is this a part where you try to explain that certain kinds of poems are only suitable to certain kinds of audience? 

Prose, like poetry, has formats that best suit the audience and purpose and yet the boundaries are not so set in stone that one cannot fuse elements together or bleed one into another.

Are you saying that there are hybrid kinds of poems? (Like a haiku crossed with rhyming verse?)