Reading More

I see that I will be reading a lot more this year. I mentioned in the past that I read biographies of poets that I read. It helps me to understand the mindset of the poet. Reading Sylvia Plath's bio helped me to understand the poetry she wrote. 

One thing I have found is that there's more to poetry than I realize. Reading like a poet and putting myself in the poet's mind is quite interesting. I did this with Edgar Allan Poe and found him to be a compelling, brilliant, and complicated individual. It's a possibility that I could write an essay about an author. I have thought about translating an author but right now it's a passing thought. 

Seeing it now, I see myself doing a protracted study on a poet. I have Edgar Allan Poe and Sylvia Plath in my sights. Langston Hughes is another poet I admire ad love. If I were to make this a goal of mine it would be a LOOOOOONNG term project.