Is it poetry if it's not in Rhyme??

My friend called me a Philistine!!
I said this is a short story
As it doesn't rhyme!!

A notice at the end of someone's garden.

[Judith Johnson]

Yes it's a poem and a beautiful one, although I do like ones which rhyme too!

[Susan Wakely]

I agree with you with this but what do I know. Fellow philistine.

[Peter]

As relevant today as it was when penned, thanks for sharing it with us Jackie:)

[Dawn]

Lovely

[JackieR]

@Dawn isn't it?!
@pcoulson my pleasure I'm so glad I took the photo of it
@wakelys yeah, she's a edicated person
@busylady but what makes it a poem??!!

[katy]

Like you, poetry to me should rhyme and I was devastated to learn it doesn't have to rhyme to be considered poetry. Haikus are poetry and they don't rhyme. Your friend , however, is very wrong! You are NOT a philistine. I shudder to think what she would consider me!

[Kathy]

I never have understood poetry. I too, thought it was supposed to rhyme. Perhaps it's the meter instead.

[Shutterbug]

I think it’s about the pictures it paints in our mind and doesn’t need to rhyme. Thanks for sharing it.

[Kathy A]

I certainly don't call it poetry

[Mags]

I believe it's called prose and it's just a lovely work of words which conjure pictures in the mind. =)