“What Makes a Poem?” created by Melissa Kovac for TedEd, discusses very briefly the components and history of various poetic forms. The video (5 min.) looks through history and considers how some social media forms use compressed language like poetry. Music too becomes poetry. About four minutes in, the video refers to the Greek word “poiesis,” the root word for the English word: poetry. Poiesis is a verb, meaning to create. Poets create out the raw material of life experience in a way only humans can.