![]() ![]() Nor is he just representing his anger at Trump and Trumpism. And if that’s true for modern poems and for poems in new forms (say, those that resemble text messages), it’s no less true for poems in very traditional forms-the sonnet most of all.īut Hayes isn’t just conducting sonic experiments. As America’s youth poet laureate, Kara Jackson, has recently written, “the most dangerous thing about how we treat poetry is how we let only old white men have it.” What’s true for poetry in general is no less true for particular kinds of poems, techniques, and forms. It depends how you read them, and it depends what poem. Poems can console or upset, soothe or baffle, set the table for a fancy dinner or kick the table over and demand that we start again. ![]() ![]() Poetry is for everyone, but it can’t be the same thing, or do the same thing, for everyone. ![]() How to Survive a Culling of Fake Historical Documents Guess What? This Mystery Story Written by Robots Is Kind of Good! How to Talk to Your Kids About Difficult News Events, Such as the Coronation of King Charles The Woman Behind Bridgerton Would Like to Explain Those Controversial Remarks This essay is adapted from Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems, out now from Basic Books. ![]()
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