Poetry
I, too, dislike it.
Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in
it, after all, a place for the genuine.
– Marianne Moore
I like this poem; it made me smile. Read Moore’s earlier, longer version of the poem here. April is National Poetry Month.
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Thanks for posting this–I haven’t read it in years, and I’d forgotten all about it.
I have never read it before , but I like it
Thanks for sharing… Michele says hi!
nice! I like some of her poems…
I’m taking part in a 30 day poetry challenge. Write one poem every day for 30 days. Hope I can do it!
I love poetry, on occasion. Sometimes the message gets lost in the language. Sometimes the author is under pressure or having a nervous breakdown. (This also goes for prose writers. I wouldn’t recommend Herman Melville’s “Mardi”. ) When the ideas are clear, poetry is beautiful. This one is VERY nice.
“the place for the genuine” is what drives my love for poetry–writing and reading it.
I particularly like “imaginary gardens with real toads in them” in the long version. I think that sums poetry quite nicely.