The other day I read what is a frightening statistic. At least frightening for someone who is a poet in Australia, as I am. Goodreading magazine ran a readers’ poll which asked: Do you read poetry? 34% said not at all 22% rarely 32% occasionally 12% often It appears statistics in USA are vastly different to these, as a survey by The Poetry Foundation found out. I wonder how many of you read poetry and where you go to find it. Do you only read the works of poets like Donne, Shakespeare, Whitman, Frost, Dickinson, Plath etc or do you … Continue reading →