Tuesday, April 11, 2017

A Good Slap of Poetry

I’ve found that people are busy. Most have little taste for poetry beyond what they ingest by osmosis and happenstance, and even that often against their will. Even the fan of poetry, or reading in general, is far too busy for it and would rather be slapped quickly in the face with it than be taken down the long and lovely scenic road of writing. 

Yes, occasionally a reader wants nothing more than to be taken down the rabbit hole of literature and be happy never to return; but more often it is the short and sweet or instantly bitter then gone poetry that this hapless generation can’t help but prefer.

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