‘Why should I be polite, when the world is on fire?’

I’m not sure if I’m optimistic or delusional when I keep on giving poetry collections a go, thinking that this time will be the time it DEFINITELY clicks. Reader, it did not click. Is my brain just not wired for poetry, am I not trying hard enough, or have I not found the right collection yet? 

There’s always a few lines in a collection, especially an anthology like this one which such a vast array of different poetic voices, which metaphorically stop me in my tracks. But never a full poem, or a full collection. I want so badly to be a poetry person!! 

I think my next steps will be to pinpoint the poems I liked most (Danez Smith’s comes to mind) and seek out their work for my next poetry foray.