Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The Dangling Conversation

An excerpt from Fred Wiseman's 1968 documentary "Highschool"

6 comments:

  1. Excellent. And timely. I have high school and poetry on my mind. My 16 year old niece has recently taken an interest in poetry and is asking me for suggestions.

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    1. What recommendations are you giving her? Just curious!

      And regarding your Youtube question - it's not silly at all! I just don't really have an answer.
      It's not me. Just a guess, but I think my videos are a little obscure with not a whole lot of views, which helps.

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    2. I'm considering 'I Was the Jukebox' by Sandra Beasley, but I want to look through it again before I decide. The last time I gave her a book of poems was 6 years ago. She's just now reading it, 'Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle'. So far I've shared three more poems with her, but I'm nervous about recommending books. I don't want to recommend anything too adult before she is ready and I don't want to suggest anything too childlike. The poems I shared were 'This Is Just To Say' by William Carlos Williams, 'Jilted' by Sylvia Plath, and her grandpa's favorite, 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost. I thought she'd like Jilted the most, but Robert Frost was her favorite of the three.

      I'm open to poetry suggestions. Any ideas?

      And thanks for sharing your YouTube non-secret.

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    3. How do you feel about Elizabeth Bishop? She was one of the poets I was drawn to fairly young.
      "Sailing Alone Around the Room" by Billy Collins is the first book of poetry I read from start to finish and enjoyed in my teens. The first poem I read of his is called "Passengers" and I was like...I didn't know you could write a poem about something like that It made me love poetry even more.

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    4. Thanks, Ann. I haven't read Elizabeth Bishop in a while, but I'll change that. Billy Collins is a great call. I did send her "I Was the Jukebox", as a start.

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  2. Silly question, but if I'm remembering correctly, your YouTube posts never show ads. How do you do it?

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The exchange of ideas is a key part of the human experience, don't you think? I would love to hear from you.

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