07-07-2013, 07:43 AM
Leanne, thank you for taking the time to contribute. I will check out the publications you mentioned. I have read a lot of poems in the New Yorker and some of that stuff seems so abstract that I don't know how to even begin to interpret it. I found a website called 'Shmoop'. It helps interpret difficult popular poems. I want to be able to interpret poetry without help, eventually, but I need to start somewhere. I have the poem, Howl, by Ginsberg. I put it down rather quickly until I came upon this site. Once it explained his style, it quickly became readable. Do you read classic poetry to help with your writing, or do you think it can trap a writer into habits that affect writing for publication?