Jos - I can understand Sen's point of view. Question - what's the difference between a poem 'read in your head', and one you read out loud to yourself? I'm not much of a poet (I'm a wordsmith & a storyteller), nor a poetry lover, but reading aloud does allow you to play with it for your own pleasure. More so, it seems to me, than keeping it inside your head... If you see what I mean!

Al - I can offer no better than Sen's advice (which is not to imply that her's is not jolly good advice!). Try reading Keats (or whoever) out to yourself.. and don't forget to play with it! ;-) There's as many different sorts of poets as there are stories & storytellers. Not all appeal to all. And not everyone gets the same thing from any particular poem or poet!

The one that always get me (& I've posted it here at least 3 or 4 times) is "In Memoriam" by Ewart Alan Mackintosh...