Poetry

I've been taking a course in and extracurricularly studying a lot of poetry lately, as part of my preparation for the English Literature AP exam which I so stupidly signed up for.  I didn't know very much about poetry before, so I've been finding this very interesting.

• Poetry is approachable, and by normal people.  It can be read, understand, and enjoyed.
  
• Poetry is very interesting.  Poets express extremely complex thoughts in the most compact, effective way possible.
• Poetry appeals intellectually.  For me, poetry requires more brainpower than prose.  You have to really concentrate to read and interpret poetry, because poets don't waste words.  Even the aesthetic aspects of poetry are intellectually interesting (e.g. seeing how the poet's use of devices such as alliteration, assonance, meter, etc. make you feel a certain way).

Poets.org is a great resource.