I forgot how much I love poetry.

My grandmother used to recite poetry to us as we'd do chores, before naps, etc. She'd recite short poems sometimes, but mostly she'd recite the long "story" poems. One of the first poems I can remember reciting was "Hiawatha's Childhood" by Longfellow.

I recited poetry to my kids as well. Doug was pretty much the only one who "liked" it though. His favorite was always "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt. It's the sort of poem that a preteen boy would like, but I remember when he was in Jr. High and finally "GOT" what the poem was really trying to say.

Deana wrote her own poetry for a long time and had a few published in various magazines, etc. She had a boyfriend that stole one of her poems for a class project and ended up with it being published under his name. She was really hurt by that, and I'm not sure she has written any since.

Do you like poetry? Do you have a favorite poem or poet?