[Quiet Man Cometh]

I find that problem too, when reading a poetry collection. I find that, especially when I need to read a poem or set of poems for school or something, that I rush through it or lump things together. I find I'm more impatient to get through them all that even forcing myself to take a break and apsorb what I just read becomes more frustrating than helpful. Times like that I might be better off just reading through the whole lot anyway and seeing what sticks to mind after it's done.

When I read poetry now, I often open a book to a random page and read a random poem on it and then do it again. Breaking up the linear fashion helps to focus on the piece in question. Maybe I'm just too accustomed to think like chapters that one reads through in a clunk to be able to read a poem on it's own, especially when it is part of a section in a book of poem that may as well function as a chapter in a novel.