Poetry by Marianne Moore

I never thought that, I, of all people, would say that I liked poetry. However, after reading "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, I not only can say that I appreciate poetry but I now have a favorite poem. From the title on, I was intrigued. I have always been apprehensive about poetry. It has always been a sort of writing beyond my comprehension. There was nothing about poetry that seemed worth reading to me. I guess it was just above my head. Not to mention poetry analysis just flat-out gave me a headache.

It was interesting to me that in her poem, Moore didn't force or even seem to want the reader to like poetry. It wasn't an expectation that you liked poetry to be reading this. It was easy to understand and grasped my attention. Here you have a poet, saying that she doesn't like poetry. Stop at that first line, would be like putting a book down right after reading a gripping cliff-hanger and you just don't do that. So, naturally I kept reading. By the end of the poem, I decided that if this is poetry, then there must be some hope for the genre. Honestly, I'm not sure how you can not like poetry after reading it. Thank you Marianne Moore for making poetry interesting!