#understandingpoetry

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What do you think it means? I Get two main reactions to my poetry. People Like it, or They Dont Understand it. When it comes to abstract poetry, YOU are the pilot, my poems become the atmosphere and the smell hanging in the air (so to speak). They are imagination machines, abstract art is really the first video game. The question then becomes, where did you take it??? #poem #poetry #abstractpoetry #understandingpoetry #writer #writing #writingcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/BxvQxeqFJml/?igshid=1pngthiyf5k32

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To Teach or Not To Teach like a Dead Poet?

Golden Globes, Dead Poets! I love this clip from Dead Poets Society for many reasons.  First, it cuts the the essence of pedagogy: does learning reside in the student or the teacher? Second, it illustrates that essential question through the teaching of literature. Finally, the scene is based on history.  There have been many approaches to teaching literature.  One approach called New Criticism advocated for less emphasis on the author's life or historical context of a literary work--as had been popular--and favored the scientific treatment of aesthetic texts. That's partly where we get all the emphasis today on literary elements when studying literature in college and K-12 schools.  The result is either educational excitement or, as Mr. Keating might say, "excrement." Read the full article

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Understanding Poetry

You will Have no trouble Understanding poetry When I slide My tongue Between Your legs

(c) David Rutter 2013