Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
Authors
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes
You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can’t imagine ourselves living without
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can’t imagine ourselves living without.
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.
Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers
Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
I am grateful for – though I can’t keep up with – the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry
I am grateful for – though I can’t keep up with – the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.