Is this poetry?

[shemthepenman]

No, I think literature and poetry are pretty universally defined as art

well then, you’ve solved the problem. poetry not only can be art but it definitively is art. sorted. i suspect this question will never be raised again, now that you have managed to expertly clarify the matter.

I don't think anyone ever seriously asked this question.  It is, as I pointed out, a concentration in an MFA

as i said. you’ve settled the matter. well done. give yourself a cookie.