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"This Talented First Grader Just Wrote a Better Poem Than You Ever Could."
May 2nd, 2014 at 8:39:44 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | We did the soft wind. We danst slowly. We swrld Aroned. We danst soft. We lisin to the mozik. We danst to the mozik. We made personal space. This poem received endorsement of several high-profile writers and critics, including Michael Dumanis, a literature and poetry writing professor at Bennington College in Vermont. "I loved it!" Dumanis said about the poem. "It captured the truth about personal space. The misspellings make it more primal and deliberate. At the end there's an epiphany about dancing and what that means." NPR's radio show "Studio 360" shared it with listeners and called the poem its favorite poem of National Poetry Month. The author is still unknown |
May 2nd, 2014 at 12:26:59 PM permalink | |
DJTeddyBear Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 5 Posts: 265 | I realize that poems don't have to rhyme, but really? THAT'S the best they got? Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is power. But having only some facts can get you into trouble! |
May 2nd, 2014 at 12:41:27 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | I kind of like this first grader's poem. |
May 2nd, 2014 at 1:30:47 PM permalink | |
DJTeddyBear Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 5 Posts: 265 | At least that sounds like a poem that a first grader would write - and has a cuteness factor... Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is power. But having only some facts can get you into trouble! |
May 2nd, 2014 at 9:08:54 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Who teaches a 1st grader about "personal space"? |