Poetry is a mirror of a society. It contains the poets’emotions, thought, and impression poured through themedium of language. This paper describes the thought ofAli Ahmad Said, who is better known as Adonis, on Arabicpoetry from the perspectives of literature, linguistics,culture, and philosophy. The study begins by describingAdonis’ biography, followed by a description and analysisof Arabic poetry, its forms and relation to religion andmodernity. The formulated problems concerns who Adonisis, how the position of Arabic poetry in relation with culture(religion) is, and how the modernity of Arabic poetry is.Using descriptive analytical method and making al-Shi’riyyaal-‘Arabiyya the main reference, the paper comes to aconclusion that Adonis is a person who tends to reject theestablishment in many facets of the Arabs’ life and further encourage them to accept changes. Arabic poetry serves as amore effective medium for the authority to establish thepublic religiosity. With all its traditionalism, Arabic poetryturns out to show its modernity because it maintains a highplurality and never ending creativity.