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Q. I want to start reading and understanding poetry. Where should I begin?

A. First of all, forget what you learned in school. There is not a right way to write, read or understand poetry. You don’t need to read Shakespeare’s sonnets to be a reader of poetry, and you don’t need to parse every line of a poem to understand it. You don’t have to understand or “get it” to appreciate and enjoy a poem. You don’t have to like every poem ever written, even if they’re award-winning. Poetry is a personal experience.