Poetry for your Reading Pleasure

 

When balancing competing responsibilities and trying to maintain a social 

 

life in college, reading often falls onto the back burner of even the most avid readers 

 

list of things to do. If you do sometimes read for pleasure, you may have experienced 

 

that guilt or gnawing thought, “Hm, should I be reading my textbook instead?” The 

 

truth is NO, you shouldn’t only be reading your textbook! You deserve a bit of time 

 

to yourself to enjoy some leisure reading, whatever that entails for you. 

 

 

In my pursuit to read more for pleasure, I have come to realize how much I 

 

love poetry books. As much as I enjoy a good novel, it can sometimes take me a few 

 

months to finish one. Only having fifteen to thirty minutes a day can make for slow progress 

 

when trying to finish a book. However, a poem is usually short(ish), and capable of 

 

transporting you to a different place or mindset. A book of poetry is perfect for a 

 

quick read that does not require a time commitment to finish the story. You can read 

 

one poem a day and get your reading fix, or read a handful when you have some 

 

extra downtime. Here are two poets I have recently fallen head over heels for:

 

 

 

 

Author of: Love & Other Misadventures, and Lullabies

 

Lang has an incredible talent for writing poems that are whimsical modern fairy 

 

tales. Her personal perspectives on love and life give evidence she has experienced 

 

many highs and lows in relationships and she writes about them in such a way you 

 

feel you could be reading a poem about yourself and your experiences. For those of 

 

you who use Tumblr, her witty posts and reposts are always a pleasure to look 

 

through at langleav.com