Entering a Poem
This is not a “how to” manual but an uncomplicated, oft-overlooked observation. I recall teaching students who were frustrated that they didn’t “get” the poem before deciding poetry was not for them. As I sat on a dock listening to twins splashing and laughing a couple of cottages away, and bird language of tweets, chirps, whistles, I opened a literary journal filled with poetry. It was the third time I had brought the book down to the lake. The first two times, I attempted t
