Disturbing the universe: National Poetry Month, 2009

Poster for National Poetry Month 2009 (April) - Poster by Paul Sahre for American Academy of Poets

Poster for National Poetry Month 2009 (April) - Poster by Paul Sahre for American Academy of Poets (click on image for more information)

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4 Responses to Disturbing the universe: National Poetry Month, 2009

  1. Ed Darrell says:
    March 17, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    In world history we’ve already passed the American revolution, but on the 18th of April, I will trot out Paul Revere and “the shot heard ’round the world,” just for the date, and for Poetry Month.

    It pains me that kids can get into high school without knowing those poems intimately and well. Poetry makes minds sharper, and we need more study of it.

  2. G. Broaddus says:
    March 17, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    Fabulous! It’s too bad that I probably won’t get a chance to teach any poetry in April since I’m there for such a short time. On the other hand, I will be teaching Eliot (“Prufrock” and “The Hollow Men”) with my AP seniors next week, so I’ll just do it a bit early.

    Somewhat tangential: I’m surprised that “Do I dare disturb the universe?” is the line that would get picked up from “Prufrock” when there are so many other lines that are so much more memorable: “I do not think that they will sing to me”; “I have measured my life in coffee spoons”; and so forth. Perhaps that line is just more useful for a campaign. I am glad to see Eliot, one of the great modernist poets, receive his due, though.

  3. William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » No one expects a blogaround - Bonus Edition VI says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    [...] Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub: Only a few more shopping days until National Poetry Month. [...]

  4. inconvenientbody says:
    March 17, 2009 at 10:24 am

    Very nice. I had no idea April was National Poetry Month. This gets my wheels turning!

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