Poetry
is something we learn at a young age through the teachers in our public
schools. I remember the first time I learned what a haiku was and that moment
was magical, a journey into a new world of writing, a new world besides short
stories, a new perspective on how words can be put together beautifully. I understand
Dana Giola’s perspective on how poetry is put on the second shelf, the back
burner, etc. The pop culture of poetry may have slowly faded into a subculture
by being more of a topic taught in English class or the occupation of a
dreamer. I agree with the motion to an extent because song is poetry or lyrics
are poetry just another form of poetry that is meshed with the sound of
instruments to create music. I agree with Giola about how poetry is specialized
and how it is only recognized by other poetry buffs. For some the idea of
poetry is only found in love stories or deaths, but in Hollywood’s movies poems
are (re)introduced into the modern arts. Poetry is almost a trend because it
was a general tendency, movement, or direction toward what was popular.
