Five Poetry Collections that Hunters and Anglers Should Read

By Adam Moore – MeatEater

Ican already see the skepticism in your scrunched face as you read this byline. It’s the same look I get when I tell anyone that I write poetry. Unless you read it in your spare time or pursued a degree in English literature, you probably have preconceived (and incorrect) notions about what exactly poetry is.

Most folks immediately think of Shakespeare, hard end rhymes, and unrequited love, or the clichéd Pinterest poems that everyone from your grandmother to your melodramatic teenage sister shares online. But like music, poetry has many genres, themes, and subject matters—and that includes hunting. Some of it’s good, a lot of it’s bad. The best transcends time and culture. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY