What do you enjoy reading and writing most; poetry or prose?

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   wayne barrettposted 11 years ago

   What do you enjoy reading and writing most; poetry or prose?
   
   Do any of you enjoy writing prose but prefer reading poetry...and vise-versa?

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   blondeyposted 11 years ago

   I enjoy writing poetry most.
   
   I enjoy reading poetry most also.
   
   I must have an artistic brain or be wired that way, lol. Sometimes brainy articles exhaust my mind, although I do enjoy many stories people write and occassional informative articles.

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      wayne barrettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      A blond with an artistic brain!!  : ) Okay, I couldn't help that one. You know I love ya Blondey!

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   duffsmomposted 11 years ago

   I would say poetry. Because you can have an entire story start to finish in a few stanzas. It is so rewarding to be able to tell a story and have it finished in a short time.
   
   I love reading anything that is well written.

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      wayne barrettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the input.

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   xstaticposted 11 years ago

   I like writing both, but since I am in a poetry group, I tend to write more poetry. I enjoy reading and writing poetry very much and go to a number of local readings as well. Good question.

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      wayne barrettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      thanks, X

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   Healthy Mikeposted 11 years ago

   I think i enjoy both because  what you get from prose, you don't get from poetry and vice versa.

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      wayne barrettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, Mike

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   DzyMsLizzyposted 11 years ago

   I enjoy both, but I tend to write poetry (or did) more than I read it.  Robert Frost, John Masefield, and Robert Service are some of my favorites to read.  Can't stand Poe.
   
   My own poetry seems to come to me almost fully written as an inspiration; I have to grab a pencil and scribble it down in a hurry before it gets away.  I worry about clean-up later.  But I struggle if I try to write poetry on demand...it doesn't come easily in those conditions.
   My mother also wrote poems--hers rhymed, while I write in free verse.  Nonetheless, we'd be on the phone at least a few times a week, reading each other our latest creations, and we also joined a poetry reading circle.  Mom passed away back in 1998, and I think my muse died with her; I've written very, very few pieces since.....

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      wayne barrettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, Dzy. Sounds like we both write the same way.

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   Beata Stasakposted 11 years ago

   Reading both, writing poetry, doesn't take so much time and it goes straight from heart...

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      wayne barrettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, Beata

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   Dreamhowlposted 11 years ago

   I prefer both reading and writing prose. I used to write poetry in high school but that stopped when I went to college and took a poetry course. I sort of lost my feel for poetry and stuck with prose.

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      wayne barrettposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, Jessica!

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