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Reading Poetry
2013
Overview
In his witty introduction to modern poetry,Beautiful & Pointless, David Orr notes that “poetry” is one of the most popular Internet search terms. He also comments that many people pair, in their searches, the word “poetry” and the word “love.” If you Google “I love poetry” you’ll get enormously more hits than if you Google “I love politics,” “I love travel,” or “I love interior decorating.” We are interested in, or else are bored by, politics (or travel, or interior decorating); but we love poetry. When we turn against poetry we tend to say, not that we hate it,
