tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post4635094733629649510..comments2023-11-12T14:12:54.120+00:00Comments on the rain in my purse: more fan loveSarahJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-60697017622027417892012-02-11T13:02:52.934+00:002012-02-11T13:02:52.934+00:00I'll never forget the professor who spoke to t...I'll never forget the professor who spoke to the power of memorizing poetry. He was lamenting the fact that teachers do not assign memorization anymore.<br /><br />He retold the story of being a prisoner of war, and how getting through the ordeal was partly due to repeating memorized poems in his head, over and over like balm to the wounded psyche...kenchttp://kenc.edublogs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-27959038758621774542012-02-07T09:55:01.093+00:002012-02-07T09:55:01.093+00:00None! I have another poem above my desk - John Log...None! I have another poem above my desk - John Logan's "Believe It," and in the bathroom a Slovakian poem (in German...), and also Allen Ginsburg's "Fourth Floor, Dawn, Up All Night Writing Letters." It's funny that one stops reading them, just looks at them and 'processes' the thing whole from memory.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-71843365963493490232012-02-07T09:43:33.018+00:002012-02-07T09:43:33.018+00:00For the poet, is there any greater honor than to h...For the poet, is there any greater honor than to have her work clipped and posted where someone will see it every day?kenchttp://kenc.edublogs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-41622076532294923562012-02-06T21:26:57.845+00:002012-02-06T21:26:57.845+00:00Oh, yes! Thank you.Oh, yes! Thank you.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com