Most examples for today's study will be contemporary poetry, a few more historic, to give the idea of some approaches and trends helpful to the beginning poet.
Poetry rewards a lot of reading and thinking.
Poetry Is nothing to be frightened of - we just need to learn ways of reading and understanding it. Concentrated, intense language that makes some deliberate sound effects which can involve rhythm, rhyme, or other sounds. Meaning making that often depends on metaphor, symbol, association, surprise, strong description - often challenging the reader to take a closer and deeper look. Actually, poetry challenges these easy conclusions. We've shown that poetry can cover the intellectually safe or the profane or marginal to society, depending on what the artist wishes to express and to whom.