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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/191012?GT1=43002 I think a lot of people read poetry  I do....  |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
well we all know better don't we? I think maybe they do not teach it in the grammar schools like they did years ago. They are more into sports then the arts. just my thought. late |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
I home schooled my kids for a while, and they all learned about poetry. They are quite good at it too They thanked me later when in public school they needed it in English! |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
You're right, SEA, a lot of people do indeed still read poetry. Our main site is still estimated in the Top 4,000 Most Visited Sites on the Internet. However, while there's still a lot of people reading poetry, there's sure not as much as there used to be. We still get roughly one million visitors a month. We used to get more. Two, sometimes, three times that much. It's not just our poetry, either. If you look at a graph from Google on how many people searched for "poems", from 2004 to present, you can see almost exactly the same trend as I've noticed for the main site. It's roughly half what it used to be. (See that spike in the graph every year? That's Valentine's Day. That's the week or two no one sees me in the forums 'cause the main site is keeping me jumping. Even that, though, is now mild by comparison.) Honestly, the article you found, Sue, is good news for me. I already knew poetry reading was on the decline. It's good to hear, though, that people are still reading and fiction, at least, is on the rise. Maybe we should all spend more time in the Passions in Prose forum? |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
I guess I should just be glad that folks read at all huh? LOL It just makes me sad to see them say that, but I'm hoping it will spark some folks to think about poetry, and get them reading it again. |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
For sure! This is a great site and its very fun! I don't know where these people got their information, I know for sure, lot's of people read, thanks for Ron  ARCTIC WIND |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Much truth within the words expressed. I too have seen the decline..seems that about 3 or 4 years ago things started changing... I wonder if any of the military conflicts have driven it as well...that and the economy... Even I have slowed significantly! |
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