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April is Poetry Month when readers and word loving people are encouraged to delve into poetry instead of prose and explore the world of words.
Often considered a rarefied medium and quite high brow poetry definitely isn’t for everyone, and often is shunned by students and the public at large. Quite interesting really as the first forms of literature for infants is often poetry and nursery rhymes. Think Mother Goose and all the little rhymes that children learn, The Owl And The Pussycat, Three Little Speckled Frogs, The Wheels On The Bus, and so much more. The repetitive rhythm of these gives a physical comfort to young ones and act as something calming and assuring as you know what is coming next.
So, what happens when you grow up? Well, there are no doubt books, articles and research into why poetry falls out of favor. Possibly the spareness of words, the depth of focus, the lack of where it is going? Who knows? Nevertheless April is the month where we are encouraged to spend a little time with poems. And as in other years we will reflect on some.
Hopefully we will find a poem or two that speaks to you, introduces you to something fresh. And there are lots of interesting poems here from other years. Just put poem in the search box.
What do you think? What are you reading?
