Even folks I know who read dozens of books a year seldom read poetry. Myself included.
Some find it overly difficult to understand. Others equate all poetry to sentiments found in greeting cards.
When I was a newspaper editor, few things could evoke a newsroom groan like a poem submitted for publication. Because, of course, newspapers didn’t publish poetry.
Why don’t we pay more attention to poems?
Throughout my school years, I studied poetry and enjoyed stories told with fewer words, was moved by emotions expressed with such eloquence. I even memorized the occasional poem and asked for a book of poetry for Christmas when I was in college.
But as the years passed, poetry was pushed aside for other reading.
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