http://thebluestockings.com/2008/09/the-trouble-with-poetry/ A Place for Readers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:03:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thebluestockings.com/2008/09/the-trouble-with-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-2392 Sunday Salon: ARC overload « Fyrefly’s Book Blog Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:54:57 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=215#comment-2392 [...] also slowly working my way through Beyond This Dark House by Gavriel Guy Kay. I’m stealing Jessica’s idea of reading a poem a night (although they’re mostly short, so I usually read two or three), [...] [...] also slowly working my way through Beyond This Dark House by Gavriel Guy Kay. I’m stealing Jessica’s idea of reading a poem a night (although they’re mostly short, so I usually read two or three), [...]

]]> http://thebluestockings.com/2008/09/the-trouble-with-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Colleen Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:19:22 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=215#comment-588 Ha. I love the Billy Collins quotation you mentioned; it shows he doesn't take himself too seriously. Have you read much ee cummings? He is my absolute favorite. I'm a free verse lover when it comes to poetry. Ha. I love the Billy Collins quotation you mentioned; it shows he doesn’t take himself too seriously. Have you read much ee cummings? He is my absolute favorite. I’m a free verse lover when it comes to poetry.

]]> http://thebluestockings.com/2008/09/the-trouble-with-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-580 sadie Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:09 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=215#comment-580 I have a couple of volumes of Billy Collins' poetry, but not this one. Thanks for your thoughts on it (definitely one to purchase)..and for the great links. My first love as a reader is non-fiction. But poetry is perhaps my favorite literary genre, with the short story being a close second and novel somewhere behind. I love the idea of reading a poem a day...I use to try to memorize one a day, but as I get older and older the poems I am able to memorize in a day get shorter and shorter...and too many of my favorite poems are quite lengthy. So... while I've mostly given up on the memorization project, I do still read poems on a daily basis, very often aloud. I loved the comment about the sheer pleasure of having poetry read aloud to one. There's nothing quite like it! I see in your sidebar you are reading Garrison Keillor's Good Poems---a collection also on my night stand. I hope you are enjoying it! Anyway, thanks for a post on the subject of poetry! ~sadie I have a couple of volumes of Billy Collins’ poetry, but not this one. Thanks for your thoughts on it (definitely one to purchase)..and for the great links. My first love as a reader is non-fiction. But poetry is perhaps my favorite literary genre, with the short story being a close second and novel somewhere behind. I love the idea of reading a poem a day…I use to try to memorize one a day, but as I get older and older the poems I am able to memorize in a day get shorter and shorter…and too many of my favorite poems are quite lengthy. So… while I’ve mostly given up on the memorization project, I do still read poems on a daily basis, very often aloud. I loved the comment about the sheer pleasure of having poetry read aloud to one. There’s nothing quite like it!
I see in your sidebar you are reading Garrison Keillor’s Good Poems—a collection also on my night stand. I hope you are enjoying it! Anyway, thanks for a post on the subject of poetry! ~sadie

]]> http://thebluestockings.com/2008/09/the-trouble-with-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Debbie Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:31:58 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=215#comment-570 I dont' like reaing poetry... but having it read to me (even in a non-romantic setting LOL ) then, then I can appreciate it. I like poetry readings. I dont’ like reaing poetry… but having it read to me (even in a non-romantic setting LOL ) then, then I can appreciate it. I like poetry readings.

]]> http://thebluestockings.com/2008/09/the-trouble-with-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-565 unfinishedperson Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:59:51 +0000 http://thebluestockings.com/?p=215#comment-565 Collins is one of my favorite poets, especially for, as Kristen mentioned, his <i>Poetry 180</i> series. Collins is one of my favorite poets, especially for, as Kristen mentioned, his Poetry 180 series.

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