Do you read it cover to cover? Do you just browse them ocassionaly?
Personally, I usually read them all in one or two sittings, mark my favorite poems, and then come back to those later on. There are a few books on my shelves, however, which I've been just browsing for years now: I've read a lot of poems from my complete edition of Yeats, for instance, but I haven't yet read all of it.
If it's a book-lenght poem, such as the Odyssey, then I always read it from cover to cover, just like I do with a novel, although I sometimes come back to read separate cantos.
I'm currently working my way through Dickinson's collection of poems. So far I've been reading it for periods of 15 minutes tops, marking stuff I like, and setting it down while I do other stuff or read the novel I'm working through. Hers are so short though, its hard to read it for very long just because it means I'll go through 50 poems
Henry Wood
I keep one in my backpack and read a few poems between classes if I can find somewhere quiet (and sometimes away from people so I can read quietly to myself).
Going through a collection of Kipling right now. Its okay.
Gabriel Ramirez
Kipling’s greatest fault was that as a master of his craft he could o anything and thus may of his poems are spiced with dialects and the kind of wordplay that precludes them from being read more then ones.
As for reading . If its a poem Im familiar with where I know the stress and beats I usually just read whenever. But in the case of new poems I prefer to sit down alone and scan them multiple times before I feel satisfied. Then again im horrible at reading the stuff out so im probably not the best example out there
Charles Bailey
If it's a short collection I'll read the whole thing. Collections (Conplete Yeats, Eliot, etc.) are just too dense and there is too much there to read straight through so I usually just pick me way through them slowly until I've read the whole thing.
Jace Martinez
Any good poetry books for beginners?
Zachary Hill
Kipling is a good place to start. He is an accessible yet very talented poet. His works, combined with 101 Famous Poems (my grandma's copy from the 30s but it is still in print), started my love of poetry.
Tyler Evans
Thanks! I've always wanted to learn how to appreciate poetry so im going to start reading soon
Jaxon Barnes
Usually in medium length sessions. If it's a short book that means cover to cover if it's thicker it's more like occasional browsing.
I have trouble reading more than 5-10 poems from a collection at a time. It just feels too intense.
Nolan Cox
Any intelligent man becomes a fascist, either in his senescence or afterward.
Jose Taylor
god damn that video just reminds me how shitty interstellar was
Landon Jones
I think this is quite a good reading.
Mason Scott
If you cut out the phenomenal tearjerking and the crappy ending, it was actually pretty decent. Not on 2001 or Stalker/Solaris level, but better than most other scifi.
Carter Bennett
same with me. i'll only read a handful per session, then wait at least a day (oftentimes more) before reading a few more.
That music is just too much. Every reading of "If" I come along focuses too much on making it "epic," and it just comes across as incredibly fucking lame.
