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New to Poetry? Start with Verse Novels
Why Verse Novels It can be hard to find enjoyable poetry when it's a new interest. In school, they try to teach poetry that's outdated, complicated and hard to connect with. Even if it's not, they suck all the fun out it focusing on structure and interpretation. It's no wonder most people either intimidated by poetry or assume they won't enjoy it. On the end of the spectrum is contemporary poetry dominated by Instapoets. Not to say they are all bad, but I've found very few that stand out and include the depth, wordplay, rhythm and other elements that make great poetry; most fall short in one way or another. They also rarely include narrative elements.
By Alexis M. Collazo4 years ago in Poets
