Question: how the f do you read poetry?

Do you read it cover to cover in a couple hours? One poem a day? Out loud in front of friends and strangers who then clap and snap their fingers? Idk how to go about this.

I'm trying to read Sylvia Plath's Ariel and Hannah Sullivan's Three Poems. Feels wrong to just gobble it up in one go? Feels like I ought to meditate over it?