tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post2998021482404606929..comments2024-03-28T10:23:33.705-07:00Comments on Rogue Strands: Audiences at poetry readingsMatthew Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-44229751683236806112019-11-07T02:44:58.691-08:002019-11-07T02:44:58.691-08:00I've been bugged by this for decades. I recent...I've been bugged by this for decades. I recently had an experience that gave me a bit of a different view. I started sticking poems up on trees in a local Greenway walking park. I discovered I have a rather good sized appreciative audience and I'd bet none or very few are poets. Maybe if we went ahead and found ways to share poems informally, surprisingly, non-academically, like this, we might generate a difference. I am heartened!Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02921501156023116913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-50748083860487059602019-10-30T01:31:43.579-07:002019-10-30T01:31:43.579-07:00Exactly, Clarissa! If poets only write for poets, ...Exactly, Clarissa! If poets only write for poets, their relevance is hugely diminished. In fact, certain poets are even sniffy about others who do reach out to different readerships...!Matthew Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11050474652034142849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4334168470477960268.post-58950048456679367742019-10-29T04:50:14.736-07:002019-10-29T04:50:14.736-07:00This is all very interesting. I find it slightly d...This is all very interesting. I find it slightly dismaying that so many poets in the English speaking world seem convinced of poetry's extreme importance, but also rather oblivious to the fact that hardly anyone is interested in it at all, except other poets. They are also often uninterested in the fact that poetry is so much more popular in many, if not most, non-English-speaking countries. Certainly in countries like the UK and Canada, many seem to be turned off by the way poetry is taught in schools. The above suggestions could help but it seems like there's a lot of work to do to overcome negative feelings towards poetry.Clarissa Aykroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571136118573329263noreply@blogger.com