From: Kelley E. Wade <telliboo>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:52:23 -0700 (PDT)

As per Lee's request....

A couple of years ago, 'A Poke in the I' was on the Maine Student Book Award nominee list. My afterschool reading group for grades 4-8 spent HOURS on this one book, arguing that they didn't feel it really was poetry since it didn't take a more traditional form.

Being the moderator/adult/librarian, I had to take the side that said that the beauty of poetry was that it could include many different forms. Guess who was shot down repeatedly? :)

As I said to LHB...there are definitely some traditionalists in the upcoming generation!

Kelley W. Milton formerly of Calais Free Library

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Received on Sun 03 Apr 2005 12:52:23 PM CDT