shairy- is it haraam

i have heard that poetry is not allowed is islam- does this mean shairy? and what is the reason?
can sum1 enlighten me?


khwabb adhurai sahee…
khawaab saharai to heh!

Asalam ualikum W’r W’b;

I believe this was posted a few days ago, do give it a read: http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/Forum13/HTML/005367.html