I love poetry because it is succinct. I love how a complicated topic is dealt with in so few words or lines, but that there are infinite ways to look at and interpret those lines and words. I especially love it because it makes me think in ways that prose doesn't...I truly have to concentrate on every word and detect the meaning (because most words have mulitiple meanings and/or connotations) that the author intended. It's like a puzzle, and I love puzzles!