What is poetry?
What does a group of words need to be called poetry?

i posted a poem here to be critiqued and i got really different feeds. these are some of them:

-poets are failed writers
-writers are failed poets
-every poetry demands figures of speech
-poetry sucks because of hidden meaning
-people may misunderstand poetry
-poetry needs logic

i don’t get it. does it mean free verse isn’t right? or poetry is mediocrity? every line of poetry needs figures of speech? i mostly write free verse, so i don’t get it.

um..just the general picture. though you can talk about the gory details, if you like. i’m not looking for someone to tell me off.

any comments, suggestions, insights or violent reactions are appreciated.
- i am not bob