I'm recently just starting to get into writing about poetry in free verse form, all of my poems consist of long, free verse forms of poetry. Will people get bored if that's all they're reading about, I can come up with creative ideas into a poem, but it's like prose writing (sometimes there's no rhythm structure, meter, ect) Oh and how many pages does a poetry book have to have?
I'm not sure that I'm entirely clear as to what you are asking, but I'll take a shot at answering all the same.
Are you writing a book
of poetry, a book
about poetry, or is it to be both? Although the distinction between poetry and prose does tend to blur when one enters the realm of free verse, if your ideas and imagery are creative enough, they should be able to hold your readers' attention regardless of the style of writing they prefer and expect. Well-crafted free verse, in my opinion, is certainly far less tedious than an endless sequence of rhyming couplets, for example. I submit, however, that to a poetry lover, reading about poetry is usually much less satisfying than reading the poetry itself. If you are creating a tutorial or writing scholarly criticism of your own work (which would be a little odd) for an academic or similar audience, that might be a different story.
As to the length of your book, I would suggest that you head to your nearest bookstore and see how long other poetry books tend to be. What feels too short? What feels too long? Take a look at typefaces and spacing, too, while you're at it, to see how the words are spread across the pages. You can cram an awful lot of tiny words into a skinny book, but they won't be very pleasant to read. I believe you can get a better sense of these things from holding a physical book in your hands than from online alternatives, but your experience may differ.
I hope this helps, and I'm sorry if I have completely misinterpreted your post. Just trying to help as best I can. Good luck!
