I have two really fav books on poetry - Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore and a Poetry Anthology by Ilya Kaminsky. I have not finished either, but I keep reading random poems from these books. It’s interesting to suddenly pick up a random poem imo.

i have a row of big collections on my shelf and will occasionally pick one at random and leaf through it til i’m bored. it’s like scrolling on a phone in terms of shutting my brain off an reading some sad or pretty lines. that sounds lazy but i think is a more peaceful less intellectual experience that lets me sit with the poem in a natural way.

I must admit I only read poetry on outdoor poetry boxes - but at least it’s a start.

I don’t. It’s never hooked me and never resonates with me. It’s how I feel about graphic novels in a way too. I want words on a page to tell me a story. Poetry makes my brain frustrated for some reason

If it’s not too long, I transcribe the poem. I find that manually writing out each word helps me understand what’s literally being said, I easily lose track of ideas when things are written in verse.

I have my poetry books in the powder room. I usually flip through until one grabs my attention. Then I read it through once and reread as often as I feel warranted. I have mostly anthologies but also some of individual poets I‘m fond of

There’s this poetic outlaws group on Substack that I try to make time to read before mindfulness/meditation/journaling time (usually around lunch for me)

I do a light reading, then depending on what sticks out I go back and read them aloud to see what makes them resonate. I’ll read a couple back to back, but I find it’s best to follow any inklings of natural curiosity then see what else the poem is doing.

I don’t really read poetry now, but I remember enjoying it in high school when we analysed the words and parts of the poem, as well as contextualised it while also considering the author. It does seem like a lot of work, but I think that just reading poems as you would with a novel or a book would be a shame since you probably wouldn’t get its depth on the first reading! 😊 but your question made me think about poetry again so i could start reading it, thanks!

I don’t

I read poetry the way I would perform it as slam poetry. It’s a lot of fun that way.

i find that i get more from poems if i do read them in one sitting, but then revisit them often. which is why i usually have a poetry book next to the toilet LOL i’ve always had a hard time with poetry though unless it’s in a class/book club setting. i get so much FOMO if i just read it once and done, since i know i’m missing a whole lot without a discussion to encourage me to read deeper. reading a few poems while taking a shit definitely has helped me look for new ideas in the poems though!!

Pintrest.

Or tikok with sad song in the background.

I read poetry on tik tok and Pinterest 😂😂

Left to right if it’d in english