Chris Allen Poet Free verse

Teaching Poetry Makes Me Feel Weak

we started with thomas hardy
we went onto dickinson
then onto wordsworth
as the clock 
ticks 
by 
the material makes me dry up like a leaf (that’s a simile) 
damn these poets and their puniness

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Darlene De Beaulieu September 2, 2021 at 12:11 PM Hello Christopher Allen, it sounds like you are having a hard time teaching poetry. I say - Keep on trying. Or read one of your poems. Enjoy your day my friend. Darlene De Beaulieu September 3, 2021 at 11:06 AM Hello Christopher, oh-not at all! I am pleased that you are enjoying it. I agree a stricter teacher would probably do something about it. I love poetry. Enjoy yur day my friend. Chris Allen September 2, 2021 at 4:43 PM Hi Darlene! Not at all, I'm really enjoying it. The poem is an exaggeration. There are students up to things perhaps they shouldn't be doing, subtle things. A stricter teacher would probably do something about it.

Victor Buhagiar September 2, 2021 at 2:00 AM Any literature will go down badly if you don't like what you read. One trick I learned is not to judge anything in comparison with something else. For example Dickenson wrote on how people lived You have to know the background or you fail.

Mohamed Omar September 2, 2021 at 1:47 AM dry up like a leaf (that’s a simile) Awesome (that's a fact )