Jackie Kay of the Guardian argues the case of poetry in a lovely (if old) article. Perhaps she is right (even though I instinctively shudder at the sheer glance of something proudly entitled `Costa book awards’. It must be the snob in me, and not the poetry-reader or the sociologist. The poetry-reader rejoices: surely, it must be good that anyone sponsors poetry. The sociologist muses on the shifting place of reading in contemporary life).
Who reads poetry? (Photographer: Idle Ethnographer TM)
Read Kay’s article here.
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I think it is very hard for poetry to be loved now. People don’t seem to value it anymore but let its one of things we study at school.
Maybe..maybe not! for example, how about music lyrics? I think people will always love good poetry and a good story, and they come in various forms, not necessarily ‘classic’ ones