What is ENTERPRISE POETRY?

The word poetry is derived from the ancient Greek verb poieo which translates "create." Enterprise poems explore the possibility of creating new enterprises. An enterprise poem starts with an idea for an enterprise that doesn't yet exist.

One enterprise poem format starts with a description of the new enterprise from a date in the future. This might be a new product, process, government structure, social movement, or any human enterprise. The middle section tells the story of how this enterprise came to life. What were the driving forces that caused it to happen? The last section brings us back to the present. Key elements in this format include brevity designed to provoke the reader's imagination to "fill in the blanks" between today's reality and the future enterprise.