Lyric poetry

[ellajam]

Oh, so just about all the poetry I like is lyric. I've gotten to the point where when readers take things differently than I meant them instead of clarifying the point so that they see it my way, I try to remove whatever distracted them from seeing their own way as correct, less detail instead of more.

That's what's so much fun about interacting with readers, to see all the different ways they can take something.

So, no, I don't think there's a movement in poetry to say one thing only, when experienced poets and readers find a poem that lets them wander within the poem and themselves they appreciate it. Some readers want a definite, closed story, but not all readers do.