It most certainly is! Who says it is not? Ever try to write one?
Indeed it is! We had to study it in school. Define iambic pentameter. How many poems have you memorized and had to stand and deliver in public? I have, and still remember many of them to this day, and quite fondly. A school that does not require the study of poetry is lacking in it goals.
Again, says who? Go to a library and have the librarian show you books containing poetry. Did you know America has a professional poet? And she is young, she delivered a poem she wrote at Biden's inauguration. Look up Burns, Frost, e.e. cummings. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and do not consider yourself educated until you are familiar with their works. And if that doesn't do it for you, ask yourself this: ever hear of Taylor Swift? Jay-Z. Teddy Swims. Anyone who writes lyrics for music is a POET. And they make a very good living at it.
All that is beautiful is an "aesthetic object." A sunset is an aesthetic object, though you can't hold it in your hands. Birdsong is. A baby's smile. The look in your lover's eyes. Anything you can perceive with any of your senses, however fleeting, may be considered an aesthetic object. And poetry most certainly is.
In three of the four definitions, “art” refers to a verb, usually in its gerundive form, and “poetry” is not a verb. Therefore, poetry is not an art.
Truth is, I don’t think poetry is art because I always associate art with painting or drawing or clay figurines - like, an actual image. In my mind, poetry is writing, and writing is not art. But I can see why someone would say it is!
But you're entitled to your opinions, as I am to mine.
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