[New-Poetry] cummings, grammaticality

[Suzanne Burns]

On 12/31/06, Joseph Duemer <duemer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Add Deadwood to Six Feet Under on the list of innovative television.
> Actually, I find both these shows hard to watch (I'm such a sensitive
> soul!).



Me too, but in a good way.  I was just watching Season 4 of Six Feet Under
recently and one episode in particular, the one where  David is carjacked,
left me feeling decidely *not* safe.  The final episode of that season, when
David is visited by his dead father and finds closure, was truly profound
and approached poetry for me.

I would say if you wanted to get students talking about the emotion in
poetry, pick an actual emotional topic, such as death and grief, then prime
the pump by having them watch a juicy episoide of Six Feet Under (maybe the
Pilor episode, which is excellent), then send them home with a packet of
selected poems and some guided meditation questions that take on the same
subject matter and....

In other words start with the emotion, rathyer than a specific poet.  I am
willing to bet that the conversation will take off very naturally from
there.  You will discover a great deal about your students, and the ice will
be firmly and completely broken.

Thoughts,

Suzanne
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