Not so much a blog entry as a comment on finding poems...
Not having had much experience with poetry in my educational career, many of the poems I have found are either poems that the vast majority of people have heard before or poems that were specifically mentioned in English classes- some long ago, some more recent. All of them, though, have a special place in my memories, for all of them were prominent in my life at some point or another. For instance, one of the poems (if you can even call it a poem) is the 23rd Psalm. Now, most everyone has heard the 23rd Psalm at some point in their lives, but it is more than a psalm or a passage from the Bible, it is a testament to my standing as a practicing man of the Greek Orthodox faith. Many others have other places, some as serious as my faith, some merely reminding me of a different place in my life. But they all have that meaning....
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Nick, Yes, you can definitely consider the 23rd Psalm a poem (in fact, you probably noticed it's listed that way in our Norton). I think bringing that poem in to discuss will be really interesting, as it is a text many people are familiar with, but many people probably do not consider it poetry or art. It sounds like you have some great perspectives and knowledge about this poem to share with us today!
I'm glad I'm not the only one with little experience with poetry. Not being an english major minor I haven't studied much poetry except in my spansih lit class last semster. Other than that I haven't studied poetry since high school and even then they were rather simple poems.
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