“I’m a great believer in poetry out of the classroom, in public places, on subways, trains, on cocktail napkins. I’d rather have my poems on the subway than around the seminar table at an MFA program.”
Billy Collins
Hi, I’m a garden variety poet – an armchair poet, if you will. I’m a graduate from the Uni of Leicester with a background in English, currently training to be a teacher, but enough about me!
In response to the question, well, why not? Practice makes perfect, or so they say. I’ve always thought that anything can be poetry, no matter its literary merit, so why not write about anything that takes my fancy?
I don’t take myself seriously, especially not when it comes to writing poetry. Perhaps I’ll never measure up to my historical peers, but that doesn’t matter. Poetry, and especially the writing of poetry, should be something that allows you to explore topics important to you!
In any case, this blog will be my record of the poetry I choose to write, be it simple or complex. Perhaps you or I will never compare to the likes of Browning or Blake, but we can sure try our hand at poetry and get better through our trying!
Let’s make poetry an everyday thing, not just the stuff of academic scrutiny.
– KK
Armchair Poetry 