po·et·ry

(noun)

Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.

prose

(noun)

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

Or, that's how it's seen by the rest of the world,

isn't it?

We poets, we writers,

We know the difference.

po·et·ry

(noun)

Love. Loss. Joy. Despair. Life. Death. 

Not meant to be contained. Not meant to be categorized. 

Hope. Fear. Smiles. Tears. 

Thoughts spilled upon pages. Emotion let loose from its cage.

Night. Day.

Poetry.

prose

(noun)

A story, scrawled upon a bathroom stall in minutes or spanning novels written in decades. It's a plan and a draft and corrections and improvements, making beautiful creations. It's to  be described only as one thing: prose.