What role does poetry play in your culture?

I am so curious to know if any poetry plays a role in native american culture, if anyone knows?

I started writing poetry when I was 14 and I had no one around me whom I could turn to for guidance. My parents and sister were happy and they told me to reach out to my English Teacher and I did. She said the poems I am writing are good, but can be improved. She said the best way to achieve that is to read a lot and write more. And I am glad I took her advice. When I was doing my graduation, we had English paper in the 2nd Semester and we used to watch clips of old English movies and re-enact them and submit our views on the scene. I had scribbled few poems in the back of my notebook, so my professors discovered it and they said I had no business doing engineering studies. They told me that I am on right track and it has the potential to go a long way. Basically, I had lot of support and I consider myself lucky. We have a rich poetry culture like in my state as well as country. So loads to learn and discover.

I grew up on a farm in Kentucky. My high school class was mostly people from rural areas. Poetry played almost no part in the culture of my hometown.

A guy liking poetry would probably get him called “girly” or “gay,” which were not things young men in Central Kentucky wanted to be called. I didn’t even think of poetry as a thing guys could enjoy until my history teacher read some poetry about WWI in class. He read Dulce et Decorum Est aloud to our class, and explained how the poem used “guh,” “kuh,” and “chuh” sounds to engage the throat and simulate choking. I’d never thought of poetry in that way before.

Later on he told me about how he tries to show his students a different image for a man that they may not see at home. A man who is sensitive, cares about women’s issues, enjoys poetry...

Poetry plays a huge part in culture and,please don't quote me on this,one of the oldest forms of art that there is.

Possibly dating back to Shakespeare,to eras of poetry(Renaissance,Beats,Current era)

Base on my experience,alot of poetry of what I have heard is spoken word.Although there are some on YouTube,spoken word influence culture by unleashing their unspoken truths on stage.Alot of music could be poetry,which is what I base my poetry on,which is music.

Even insta-poetry,and won't get into it,although since America is largely influence by pop culture,this might as well have a mention.

Poetry is like a painting in that the way one interpret poetry is entirely subjective.Will be surprise if poetry has a BOOM after Pandemic.Wonder how this would happen?

HMMMMMMMM

I digress.