I used to drive my students nuts with my push for poetry in the classroom (to the point where, on a teacher "rating" site, a student wrote, 'she needs to leave the poetry alone already').
Sorry, but I haven't changed my views! Poetry is said to be a' quick dip in a deep pool'-- much is conveyed in a short space... Poetry awakens our senses, connects us to ourselves and others, and leads us to think in synthesizing ways (to break down the language of metaphor).
Author and educator Paul Janeczko wrote, "Reading poetry shouldn't be like performing an autopsy, looking at a dead object and figuring out what killed it... Good poems are alive!"
Do you enjoy poetry? Is there one poem that has had a lasting impact on you? If so, what is it about that piece that captured your interest?
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