"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words". - Robert Frost
Conquer the World, They said
You can do Anything, They said
‘Lies,’
‘Limits, Stop, Wrong.’
Why? I said
They said, You can
They said, You should
‘Wait,’
‘Someday, Maybe, Unclear’
When? I said
Follow your Dreams, They said
Explore your Heart, They said
‘No’
‘Too young, Too small, Too hard’
How? I said
They said, Don’t Listen
They said, Question
‘Quiet’
‘Erase, Ignore, Pass’
Fly. I said.
They said.
‘Can’t’
This started out as a poem about one thing and kind of transformed itself into another. It represents the bombardment of voices that come from all directions when you’re growing up. People tell you you can do anything, but there nagging doubts coming from both external and internal influences. Sometimes it’s impossible to tell where they initiated. I’ve dealt with a lot of doubt in life. I have never much faith in my ability as a writer, and have had even less faith in my ability to write poetry. I thought it was fitting to use poetry, a medium I don’t have experience with, as a medium to discuss the topic of doubt. Poetry is intimidating! A lot of the readings we have done in class have talked about what an important tool poetry is and I am really beginning to agree with this. Because of my experiences with poetry I also am really beginning to see how writing all over a students paper to make corrections is really detrimental to what we're trying to achieve. That is telling a student there is something wrong with what they have written and it makes one feel like their writing isn't good enough and makes them anxious to turn in assignments because they don't want that feeling again. Having one on one meetings to discuss pieces of writing and discuss grades and what might be done to a piece of writing seems to me like it would be far more beneficial.
The video below is from Dead Poets Society. I like how he gets down below his students and they all crowd around him. He brings himself to where they are to teach them.
You can do Anything, They said
‘Lies,’
‘Limits, Stop, Wrong.’
Why? I said
They said, You can
They said, You should
‘Wait,’
‘Someday, Maybe, Unclear’
When? I said
Follow your Dreams, They said
Explore your Heart, They said
‘No’
‘Too young, Too small, Too hard’
How? I said
They said, Don’t Listen
They said, Question
‘Quiet’
‘Erase, Ignore, Pass’
Fly. I said.
They said.
‘Can’t’
This started out as a poem about one thing and kind of transformed itself into another. It represents the bombardment of voices that come from all directions when you’re growing up. People tell you you can do anything, but there nagging doubts coming from both external and internal influences. Sometimes it’s impossible to tell where they initiated. I’ve dealt with a lot of doubt in life. I have never much faith in my ability as a writer, and have had even less faith in my ability to write poetry. I thought it was fitting to use poetry, a medium I don’t have experience with, as a medium to discuss the topic of doubt. Poetry is intimidating! A lot of the readings we have done in class have talked about what an important tool poetry is and I am really beginning to agree with this. Because of my experiences with poetry I also am really beginning to see how writing all over a students paper to make corrections is really detrimental to what we're trying to achieve. That is telling a student there is something wrong with what they have written and it makes one feel like their writing isn't good enough and makes them anxious to turn in assignments because they don't want that feeling again. Having one on one meetings to discuss pieces of writing and discuss grades and what might be done to a piece of writing seems to me like it would be far more beneficial.
The video below is from Dead Poets Society. I like how he gets down below his students and they all crowd around him. He brings himself to where they are to teach them.
“Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook