The word poetry comes from a Greek verb “poiesis” which means “to make” or “the activity in which a person brings something into being that did not exist before.”
Also from Wikipedia:
- Poiesis is etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term ποιεῖν, which means “to make”
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poiesis
- We discussed poiesis after watching the video: What Makes a Poem…a Poem?
