Why don't more people go to poetry gigs?
Twice in as many weeks now I have been at under-attended poetry performances, and both times the shows were great! I've heard poems about epic Viking adventures, flamingos, drug addiction, Helen of Troy, nature's cruelty, the realisation that your parents were once young, and a poem made entirely of three letter words.
Both evenings were part of the Roving Poetry Festival and so featured a selection of poets, ensuring there was great variety each night. There was something for everyone - and yet, everyone was elsewhere. Why is that?
Do we not feel an evening of poetry is worth £10? Have we all had poetry ruined for us in the dissection of high school English classes? Do we fear that we aren't clever enough to 'get' it? Are we afraid to let poetry into our lives?
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