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I read this one in the manner the Invictus poem is read in the movie, imagining Russel Crowe's voice. Poetry is one of the activities that has filled the void l
by meristohm 3y ago
I read this one in the manner the Invictus poem is read in the movie, imagining Russel Crowe's voice.
Poetry is one of the activities that has filled the void left by all the social media experiences I quit years ago (hn is the only one I allow myself to occasionally get sucked into, because of the quality of the comments, the moderation, the minimalist non-sensational aesthetic, and the fact that it doesn't take long for me to run out of things to do here before I catch myself getting lost and close the magic portal for awhile- I like it this way). I read poetry to my child, to myself, and I talk about poems with a friend.
Stardines, by Jack Prelutsky, is a gem of crisp rhymes and a quirky theme, and Dr. Seuss remains evergreen. A World Full of Poems: inspiring poems for children, selected by Sylvia M. Vardell, has been fun, too.
- cafard 3y agoThe anthology Committed to Memory by John Hollander appears to be out of print, but not hard to find.