Today the 10th graders and I began our poetry unit. I feel blessed to be able to teach about poetry and lead discussions that delve into the complex depth that poems contain. Poetry is extremely significant in my life as it is the way that I first came to believe in a Creator. I wrote a poem in college for a poetry class that left me with a revelation that we have been given this life by a Giver. It is called “sky”, and this online journal is named after it! The web address has the word “cielo” in it, which means both sky and heaven in Italian and Spanish. Since college, I have written many many poems, mostly about God and my incredible journey with him.
Here are some quotes that I found this week that resonated in my heart. Enjoy!
“Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.” -Voltaire, French philosopher and writer
“Writing a poem is discovering.” -Robert Frost, American poet (1874-1963)
“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.” -Aristotle, Greek philosopher, scientist, and physician
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” -Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, architect, and engineer
“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.” -Thomas Gray, English poet (1716-1771)
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” -Robert Frost
