Seeking Poetry

TO LOVE,
TO SUFFER,
TO THINK...
is to seek poetry.

- Oscar Williams, "Immortal Poems of the English Language"

I've recently discovered that when I make references to poetry, people tend not to get it. I have a problem with that...

I'm not am English teacher, an English major, a writer, a poet, or anyone with any special knowledge about the topic of writing outside what I learned from high school. I understand the basis of rhetorical analysis, I know when I like the sound of something, and I know when something rolls off of the tongue.

I am in no way an expert, but I read and enjoy poetry all the time. I reference it. I read it to other people. I read it to strangers, actually. Poetry is an interesting and potentially powerful thing. It is something to be appreciated. Sadly, a lot of people do not tend to read poetry, and a lot of people have trouble understanding it. Some people enjoy poetry, but they have no idea where to start to get back into the old hobby.

That's the beautiful thing about poetry. There is no specific starting point, and there is no specific ending point. You can read whatever you want to read, and you can keep going on to other topics. There need not be any cohesion between one poem and another, or you can pick two pieces of similar topics and keep on going from there. Poetry is supposed to be a beautiful, appreciated, and, in my opinion, accessible thing.

So, given that I have an appreciation for poetry, and given that I own a lot of poetry books as a result, I would like to share these marvels of the written word with you one day at a time.

Let's make it an adventure. What's life without a little culture, anyway? :)