The word poetry actually began in verb form, coming from the ancient Greek poiesis, which means to create.
诗歌这个词实际上是以动词形式开始的，来自古希腊语poiesis， 意思是创造。
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Poiesis
Poïesis (Ancient Greek: ποίησις) is etymologically derived from the ancient term ποιέω, which means "to make". This word, the root of our modern "poetry", was first a verb, an action that transforms and continues the world. Neither technical production nor creation in the romantic sense, poïetic work reconciles thought with matter and time, and person with the world. It is also used as a suffix, as in the biological term hematopoiesis, the formation of blood cells.