You get to choose. Browse the poems' titles, sample a few lines, and plunge in wherever you wish. Most poems are short and digestible but pack a punch. There's something for everyone: joy, death, love, religion, hope, despair, war, memory, regret, nature, mystery, sentiment, and the art of writing itself.
After you find a poem you wish to read, re-read, and write about, call "dibs" on it in the poetry discussion topic for this week.
First, after you've browsed the poem links, and call dibs on the one poem you wish to analyze.
Next, write an original post about your poem that responds thoughtfully to these prompts:
Tell us about your history with poetry.
Why did you like or dislike it when you read it in high school?
Do you read or write it now?
Please recommend a favorite poem (even a children's poem) that's not on my list.
Summarize the poem you selected this week in two to three sentences.
Please quote two or three memorable or "golden" lines from that poem.
Tell us any words, phrases, lines, or other passages that confused you.