Why a Poetry Book Group

I had always liked the idea of book groups but had never really had the time to join one. This summer, however, our local Writer's Centre set up a book group for the summer called "Summer Reads" - I went along and really enjoyed it. 

Then I got to thinking why wasn't there something like that for poetry. I am a poet but I have always read poetry, right from when I was a child. It is surprising though how many people never read poetry. Many of my friends say they would like to read more but they don't know where to begin. The more I thought about it, the more appealing the idea was. Why not have a poetry book group - not just a group for writers of poetry - but for anyone who wants to read? A group where we come together and discuss the content of the poems - the seed was sown and I started the group but I soon discovered that although there was lots of material on the internet for prose reading groups, the resources for poetry groups was sparse. I decided to do some research and devise my own resource material and that is what you will find here. Feel free to use it for your own book group...