Dedicated to Joyce Kilmer
Jun 27, 2017 08:38:03 #
".....a tree that looks at God all day and lifts her leafy arms to pray....."
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Jun 27, 2017 10:10:19 #
BridieMcKenna wrote:
Nice! I've loved that poem since I was a child.
I wonder if it's still part of the English curriculum today for little kids.
Thanks Bridie.
Pierre
Jun 27, 2017 11:37:36 #
Jun 27, 2017 11:48:12 #
It wasn't on the curriculum when I was a kid even. I found it ina big hardcover poetry book on my grandma's bookshelf & memorized it. The literature curriculum today is a joke. My daughters are in a great school district, yet their language arts teacher didn't know who Sylvia Plath was. She showed The Simpsons cartoon version of The Raven, & she continually mispronounced the name of a city where a Jewish concentration camp was held & when one of my daughters finally said , "Umm, Ms. So & So, isn't the city actually- ", and the teacher said, "Who cares? What's the difference?"
Jun 27, 2017 11:50:21 #
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Jun 27, 2017 11:57:42 #
Wonderful combination of image and poetry, Pierre. We had to memorize that poem in grammer school. Still brings back pleasant memories.
Jun 27, 2017 12:04:17 #
Pierre H.J. Dumais wrote:
I wonder if it's still part of the English curriculum today for little kids.
Thanks Bridie.
Pierre
Thanks Bridie.
Pierre
I doubt it--Kilmer isn't trendy enough for today's classrooms, unfortunately.
Jun 27, 2017 15:58:53 #
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Jun 28, 2017 05:53:29 #
Pierre H.J. Dumais wrote:
".....a tree that looks at God all day and lifts her leafy arms to pray....."
Amen to that and an excellent image to reflect on too.
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