To be honest I think both of you are right. It’s definitely a tool that can be used very deliberately and to great effect, but it’s also over-employed by poor writers in order to make their creation more “poem-like”. I have seen plenty of examples of both kinds.
Actually, it does
You can control these lines
With rhythm and meter
Bringing forth abstract concepts
Dropping a carriage return
Is dropping a mind return
And slicing prose just a bit
Is the epitome of sharp wit
Sometimes there’s rhymes
Sometimes there’s not
But to engage with poetry
Is to be open to anything
To be honest I think both of you are right. It’s definitely a tool that can be used very deliberately and to great effect, but it’s also over-employed by poor writers in order to make their creation more “poem-like”. I have seen plenty of examples of both kinds.