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Emirati poetry is considered the fruit of an Arabic environment that was drawn to formal Arabic poetry and colloquial poetry (or "folk poetry" as defined by critics). That was what was common within the Emirati people. The poets had an innate ability to express the thoughts of a person who lived and integrated with the land and peoples' homes as found in the original Arabic poetry. The beginning of Emirates poetry was around the 1920s. During that time, several pioneer poets shined, including Mubarak Al Aqili, Salem Al Owais, Ahmed Al Mannai, Mubarak Al Nakhi, Muhammad Nour Saif, Ahmed Bin Salem, Khalfan Bin Musbah, and others, whose names survive, although their poetry did not. After the original poets, another group that came to be known as veterans. They followed the early pioneers, met them, and lived as they did. However, their influence and popularity sustained for longer. They witnessed the many political and sociological phases that the country went through. These veterans include Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais, and Hamad Bu shehab. They paved the way for a classical subordinate traditional phase, with its distinctive artistic features and characteristics. It included traditional column poetry with its unique artistic features that mixed traditional and modern culture through language, taste, and poetic sense. It retained a base in the values of Arabic poetry in its early stages. The Classical phase was followed by a Romantic stage, led by the poet Manee Saeed Al Otaiba. A period of Realism came after, which kept pace with Arab reality and its circumstances. One of the primary poets of this stage was Muhammad Sharif Al-Shaibani. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]