Rowan Tree 🌳
maybe this time i'll win :)
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Is anyone a poetry reader (or writer)?
I always want to read more of it because when I do sit down and put the effort in I enjoy it, and I like going to poetry nights and poetry slams when I can, but truthfully I feel quite ignorant about poetry in general. I've written a few and am happy enough with one or two of them but it seems a bit fraudulent to write poetry when you barely take the time to read and explore it as a genre.
I do think poetry is taught so terribly in schools and is so exclusive to older/dead seemingly heterosexual males that it puts people off for life.
Does anyone have a poet or poets they love that they'd recommend? I'm about to go on a buying spree.
Or if you have a poem you'd like to share post it here!
I always want to read more of it because when I do sit down and put the effort in I enjoy it, and I like going to poetry nights and poetry slams when I can, but truthfully I feel quite ignorant about poetry in general. I've written a few and am happy enough with one or two of them but it seems a bit fraudulent to write poetry when you barely take the time to read and explore it as a genre.
I do think poetry is taught so terribly in schools and is so exclusive to older/dead seemingly heterosexual males that it puts people off for life.
Does anyone have a poet or poets they love that they'd recommend? I'm about to go on a buying spree.
Or if you have a poem you'd like to share post it here!