Poem: a definition

a poem,
is an invention
of a new expression
of a discovery
of an abstruse emotion
yet
it's only an experiment
of the poet's creation
each time it is read
undergoes evaluation
open to interpretation
yet
true is each perception
how reconciliatory
is every confutation,
cryptic but sublime,
of thoughts, a reticulation
yet
it's laconic,
so spartan
is the revelation,
so simple is the point
of the whole confabulation
yet
it's so exacting
to find the meaning,
to give the poem
a definition!