Welcome

Welcome to Let's Talk About Poetry! The purpose of this site is to celebrate poetry. You'd think we could all agree on the basics of what poetry entails. For instance, we can probably all agree that poetry is a bunch of words on a page, or at least one word on a page, or spoken out loud... Well, then again, maybe not. There are books galore on the craft of poetry, the technical aspects of poetry, the way to analyze a poem from a literary perspective. We're not interested in that here. Unless we are. Our number one goal is to take the fear out of reading poems. Our number two goal is to then roll around in the poems and get cuddly. There are no rules here. We may talk about a sunset we saw over the canal that made our hearts sing, and how just seeing something beautiful is the beginning of poem that has not yet been written. Maybe it never will be. Or we may talk about a totally famous poem that makes us __________ (insert emotion here, i.e. mad, happy, sad) or a totally no-name poem that also makes us feel some sort of strong emotion. We may ponder, and we may form conclusions. But never, never will we pretend we know everything. That's a promise. Please feel free to share your comments and thoughts, as long as they are free of bigotry. And please give credit where credit is due. Always name the poet and title of any piece you reference. Thanks, and we look forward to talking poetry with you!