Reading and understanding poetry used to be an indispensible part of education and intelligence. However, poetry appears to me to be becoming less and less a part of curricula and the societal dialogue.
Here are some suggestions on how to make poetry a daily part of your life:
- Read a new poem every day at Daily Poetry or at Poetry.com.
- Subscribe to receive a Classic Poem Daily via email.
- Visit the Poetry 180 website and read one of the poems there.
- Purchase or borrow a collection of poetry and read one poem a day (perhaps at breakfast or before bed).
- Subscribe to The Writer’s Almanac podcast hosted by Garrison Keillor.
- Pick up a set of Magnetic Poetry and create poems while making dinner or chatting on the phone or play with Magnetic Poetry online.
Poetry Tuesday meme:
Make a resolution to make poetry a consistant part of your life. Select one of the above options or create one of your own and write a bit about your resolution and why you think it’s worthwhile to read poetry on a regular basis.
My resolution: #4. I’m going to keep collections of poetry around and try to read at least one poem a day. This will help me get through some of the poetry in my TBR pile, and it will help me to become more aware of the poetry sphere – any area of literature I tend to neglect.
Buy Magnetic Poetry – The Poet at Amazon.com.
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I apologize. I keep forgetting about your Poetry Tuesday, which I really enjoy.
I’m going to do No. 1 and also put a link to your suggestions for others to check out on my blog.
unfinishedperson
a.k.a. justareadingfool
I’m finally getting myself into short stories from time to time. Once I’m good with that, I’ll have to start working on poetry. Your meme would probably be a good way to start that.
Thanks for dropping by my blog! I’ve added you to my reader so I can check in regularly. :)