How much time

[billy]

do you spend writing/reading poetry in a day or a week.

what type of poetry do you read, forum poetry, the classics, beat etc?

[milo]

do you spend writing/reading poetry in a day or a week.

what type of poetry do you read, forum poetry, the classics, beat etc?

thank god I never do something so pretentious as write /poetry/.
I am as consistent a seismic tremblor when it comes to reading. Sometimes devouring 10 poets a day, sometimes reading only instruction manuals for properly shampooing my hair.

Yes, I devour poets.
Never mind the gristle.

milo

[billy]

it's really hit and miss for me as far as reading goes. usually i get to read lots of poets/poetry when i upload stuff to the reference sections of the site. (mainly audio now) over a year i may write to or three hours a week though i'm not sure people would call my works of pristine art, poetry i do read tons of forum poetry and most of the time one can see the reasons for workshops . i'm amazed though at the quality of some forum poet's works, we've had some very publishable stuff on this site. (by publishable, i mean actually worthy of publishing)

[Leanne]

There's no appreciable difference between the great poetry online and some of the stuff that's published only in print these days -- you just see a lot more of the beginner-to-intermediate levels online, which aren't evident in any other medium. This makes it easier for journeymen to consider themselves masters by association -- but there are very few masters either in print or online, just as it has always been. We remember great poets because... well, they're great.

I try to get to at least a couple of poems I've never read every week... but that's getting more and more difficult as I spend a lot of time reading online stuff and workshopping takes a lot of time, though it's time I am more than happy to spend. Also, life barges in now and then

I also have the old favourites that I will read over and over. I love a good ballad above all else, but I've also given Byron a hell of a beating and Wilde is always waiting when Byron gets tired. Not to mention that old sod Larkin waving at me from his bloody high windows...

[Todd]

It sort of flips back and forth. When I'm writing I'm not reading as much, and when I'm reading a lot I'm not writing. I go through cycles. Generally, I write a few hours a week.

I tend to read just about everything. I probably read two to three poetry collections a month. I also read about 2 stand alone poems a day (not counting workshop poems). I try to get someone new I haven't read into that mix. I have some collections I've read 50-100 times. I also tend to pick a famous poet and work through all of their material. I try to look for themes, techniques, their personal symbolism. I try to write a poem in their style if possible. I also try to work through poetic schools from the first people to be identified in that school to the later people and see how everything progressed.

[rayheinrich]

It varies SO much. Some weeks lots, some not at all.

Here's a collection (when I am reading) that I've become
addicted to (pick a country, any country):

http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi...n/index/en

Their home page ain't that bad either:

http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi...e/index/en