Learning with Katie: Poetry
A poem is not like a newspaper, to be hastily read and cast into the wastebasket. It is to be hung on the wall of one's mind.
Books are a load of crap.
- From "A Study of Reading Habits," a poem by Philip Larkin.
Poetry's purpose is not to soothe and relax but to arouse and awake, to shock us into life, to make us more alive.
'Tis true, ' ( Read more... )
Books are a load of crap.
- From "A Study of Reading Habits," a poem by Philip Larkin.
Poetry's purpose is not to soothe and relax but to arouse and awake, to shock us into life, to make us more alive.
'Tis true, ' ( Read more... )
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