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Poetry Friday: Billy Collins

I really like Billy Collins' work. Funny wins me over every time. Here's a poem about teaching that strikes me as funny, true, and ultimately a little sad. "Introduction to Poetry" begins,

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

To read the rest of the poem, which is copyright protected (so I can't print the whole thing here), go to Poetry Daily.




You're welcome, Michele! When I was in school (before university), the approach to poetry was to overanalyze meter, rhyme scheme, and about not fostering a love for the form! At last when I was fifteen or sixteen, I had a teacher who made literature come alive and seem like fun. Thank goodness!


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