When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.
I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.
I often read poetry to 'warm up' before I write.
I read poetry to save time.
I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
I love poetry; it's my primary literary interest, and I suppose the kind of reading you do when you are reading poems - close reading - can carry over into how you read other things.
The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
I read mostly poetry.
I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me.
Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.