Thursday, April 5, 2012

Poetry Month: 811

More and more these days, poets aren't making money from poetry.  OK maybe they never did, but whatever.  As a poet, I would like to direct your attention to the thousands of poets located in the 811 section of your local library.  They won't make a cent from you checking out their book, but every one of them would encourage you to do it anyway.

I actually prefer to stop in the "new books" section first, just to see what new poetry they have acquired recently.  When I find a book that I think I might want to pick up, I flip open to a random page or two and see what I think.  The key to getting into poetry is to find poetry that you LIKE.  It grows on you, as a genre, so if you don't like it, don't stress.  Just put it back and keep shopping. 

More Monday, but in the meantime have a merry Easter!

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