As the title implies, this book is for those who find poetry difficult to understand and have been turned off by it as a result. Poems for People Who Don't Read Poems offers the reader deep insights, observations by the author, and symbolism that is understandable and moving. The book includes 27 poems, and is divided into 7 sections as follows: 1. Putting a Mirror to My Soul - Introspection 2. View from My Lily Pad - Observations 3. If t's an Apple, It Has to Be Red - Prejudice 4. Stars in the Shadows - The Under-rated 5. Throwing Darts at Society - Criticism 6. The Sky is my Ceiling - Homelessness 7. A Fish in the Desert - The Immigrant Experience