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From: Annette Goldsmith <ayg>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 01:44:03 -0400
Great discussion, everyone! I too use poetry in my online graduate classes to set the tone and pick up on the themes of the day. I was inspired to do so by Children's Literature New England, a wonderful conference that starts each day with poetry. At CLNE, you just listen to some wonderfully-read, well-chosen poems, and go on with the day's program. They're a little gift to be experienced privately, and only discussed if you wish. Since right now I'm teaching a course about the information needs of young adults, I focus on poetry by teens and poetry I think will appeal to teens. The first poem I used in class was "A Single Slice Reveals Them", from Naomi Shihab Nye's 19 Varieties of Gazelle. Unfortunately I haven't got the book with me, or I'd include the poem.
Two of my favourite (Canadian spelling, I'm from Toronto) anthologies for YA are:
Franco, Betsy, ed. You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys (Candlewick, 2000)
Paschen, Elise and Brett Fletcher Lauer, eds. Poetry in Motion from Coast to Coast: One Hundred and Twenty Poems from the Subways and Buses (W.W. Norton, 2002)
I also think you all would enjoy the poetry theme issue (April 2, 2002) of The Looking Glass ( http://www.the-looking-glass.net/rabbit/6.1/ ). Some highlights: articles on the work of Richard Wilbur, Dennis Lee, John Agard; poetry in the U.K; poetry web sites; the first 10 years of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award; and a poetry workshop by Margriet Ruurs. This was the final issue I edited. The journal now has a new look and a new editor, Jane Goldstein, as you'll see from the home page ( www.the-looking-glass.net ), so do please visit if you haven't been there lately.
Annette Goldsmith
Tallahassee, Florida
ayg at comcast.net
Received on Sun 13 Apr 2003 12:44:03 AM CDT
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 01:44:03 -0400
Great discussion, everyone! I too use poetry in my online graduate classes to set the tone and pick up on the themes of the day. I was inspired to do so by Children's Literature New England, a wonderful conference that starts each day with poetry. At CLNE, you just listen to some wonderfully-read, well-chosen poems, and go on with the day's program. They're a little gift to be experienced privately, and only discussed if you wish. Since right now I'm teaching a course about the information needs of young adults, I focus on poetry by teens and poetry I think will appeal to teens. The first poem I used in class was "A Single Slice Reveals Them", from Naomi Shihab Nye's 19 Varieties of Gazelle. Unfortunately I haven't got the book with me, or I'd include the poem.
Two of my favourite (Canadian spelling, I'm from Toronto) anthologies for YA are:
Franco, Betsy, ed. You Hear Me? Poems and Writing by Teenage Boys (Candlewick, 2000)
Paschen, Elise and Brett Fletcher Lauer, eds. Poetry in Motion from Coast to Coast: One Hundred and Twenty Poems from the Subways and Buses (W.W. Norton, 2002)
I also think you all would enjoy the poetry theme issue (April 2, 2002) of The Looking Glass ( http://www.the-looking-glass.net/rabbit/6.1/ ). Some highlights: articles on the work of Richard Wilbur, Dennis Lee, John Agard; poetry in the U.K; poetry web sites; the first 10 years of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award; and a poetry workshop by Margriet Ruurs. This was the final issue I edited. The journal now has a new look and a new editor, Jane Goldstein, as you'll see from the home page ( www.the-looking-glass.net ), so do please visit if you haven't been there lately.
Annette Goldsmith
Tallahassee, Florida
ayg at comcast.net
Received on Sun 13 Apr 2003 12:44:03 AM CDT
