Poetry Is Awesome
"Poetry is the kind of thing poets write." ~Robert Frost~ Another great meme has been brought to my attention recently and I think it's fitting that I should participate. This meme, Poetry Fridays, was started by The Thoughts of a Book Junky , a great blog that I've been following for about a year now. The premise of the meme is pretty much how it sounds. Every Friday those participating would post a poem that they particularly enjoy in order to expose people to poetry they might not generally encounter. I love this for several reasons. One, for the past two Winter terms I have had the pleasure of teaching Introduction to Poetry, where I am able to expose students to poets and poetry that they have never encountered before; some students having never encountered poetry at all. Two, I happen to really enjoy poetry. And three, I like that I can include poetry through this medium that isn't necessarily applicable to the introductory level classroo...