There are various literary genres. Poetry shows the structuring in verse form of writing. The poet refers to the male writer who practice this art and poet is the concept used to refer to this form of written expression which throughout history has been mainly dominated by men since as has happened in other intellectual fields, were men who had access to the training and knowledge. To refer to a woman who practice this profession it is possible to use the concept of poet or poet. A poet is someone who has a wide wealth of vocabulary and his own poetic voice through which express pensameintos, thoughts, feelings and stories. There is an Association of ideas is not always appropriate: tends to be considered that when a poet or poet writes a poem this forwards to his own personal life, however, this is not always true.
More than inspiration
A poet/poet write a poem you need inspiration but you need something else to be inspired. I.e., behind any literary writing is hard work. The letter of some poems can also become songs. Many poets are also present to contests of poetry that in many cases, become an important opportunity to publish a book of poems himself and to win greater projection in the literary field. Some poets/poets also collaborate with libraries of his city performing poetry recitals in which recite poems themselves and others. Some poets also collaborate on anthologies that gather works from different authors. Few people get to professionalize their passion for writing and this passion to do paid work. Many people associate poetry with music of the end of the verses rhyme. However, currently poetry is also very present in free verse that a consciously seeks to move away from the concepts of the metric and the traditional rhyme.
The poetess Sappho of Lesbos
One of the first Greek poets was Sappho of Lesbos who lived in the century VII A.c. and who are preserved around 700 verses. One of the great poets in the history of the recent literature is Gloria Fuertes, author who won a big screening in children poetry.