Six Reasons You Should Consider Reading Poetry

Ali Hale:

Unless you're currently in high school or taking an English class in college, chances are that you don't read much poetry. Maybe you think poetry isn't for you - it seems boring, unfathomable, too erudite, or pointless.

However, there are loads of great reasons to read poetry. Before you dislike something without trying it, consider some of these:

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
- Aristotle

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 24, 2009 5:11 AM
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