Poetry: Initial Reactions

So I was pretty excited to start this poetry unit. I have always enjoyed poetry to an extent and was eager to see what else there was to be discovered about it. That is until we actually started to talk about it in class. Suddenly I found myself saying, "Oh, that kind of poetry". Honestly, there is not a statement that could be more true in my mind. From the get go, I knew that the sometimes rambling diciton and infinetly confusing syntax were going to do me in. I had never explored "proper poetry" from the likes of Dickinson and other renowned poets so I had myself almost convinced that this unit was going to be anything but poetry. Well, as it turns out, I am just going to have to grin and bear it. It looks like I am going to have to once again open my mind to a completely foreign and ambiguous concept. Something that I have already done many times in this class. I really hope that this unit will change my perception of poetry. I hope to eventually view it as an art form that ultimately is better misunderstood. While this irks me slightly, I am willing to allow my knowledge about poetry to grow into a state of true appreciation.