My relationship with poetry is a hate-hate relationship, I hate poetry and poetry hates me. I strongly dislike reading, writing and studying poetry. I don’t comprehend why poets write in circles; they never just get straight to the point of what it is they are trying to say. Writing poetry never fails to make me want to rip my hair out, it is an impossible task. I have no ambition to write poetry, ever. Studying and dissecting every last hidden meaning of what a poet is trying to say is almost to much for me to handle, I don’t know what they are trying to say and quite frankly I don’t care most of the time either.
The only poem I have really enjoyed was one that I learned in Mrs. Wagler’s grade two class, it went a little something like this, “Little froggies in a pool. You don’t have to go to school. You don’t have to spell or add, you just sit on a lily pad.” This poem is straight to the point!
Some questions I have for Amanda Jernigan are, why write poetry? What inspires you? Do you enjoy reading other peoples poems? Do you like to read other types of literature?
A lot of people feel the same way. You either love it, or hate it. I don't know many people who are in between.
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