Wednesday, September 10, 2008

POETRY??

Poetry?! My mom wants me to read POETRY?!

*Sigh* Oh well. I guess I have to listen to her, huh? any ideas or recommendations?

lots of love,

Katie <3
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4 comments:

Mike G. said...

2 suggestions, 1 fun, 1 not, but both very good poems:

Jabberwocky, by Lewis Caroll:
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.




"In Flanders Field", John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
— John McCrae

September 10, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Mike G. said...

(oops, forgot to subscribe to comments...)

September 10, 2008 at 9:02 PM
The Other Katie said...

Anything by Emily Dickinson! \m/(-_-)\m/

September 12, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Mike G. said...

WAYYYYYY back when I was doing high school english, my teacher had us analyze the lyrics of the SuperTramp song "Logical Song".

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/supertramp/the+logical+song_20133850.html

Often, music lyrics turn out to be interesting poetry.

September 13, 2008 at 6:24 AM

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