Hello everyone,
Here's a great paradoxical quote that relates to the theme of our poetry discussion for this week. I read that many of you enjoyed reading "For my daughter", and I'm eager to read your comments.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)

Following our discussion on tone, what evidence can you find to support the claim that Roethke's Waltz is indeed a happy one. Do you disagree? You can use voice, rhythm and language to support your claim.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
Kahlil Gibran

Following our brief class discussion on voice, I leave you with this quote from Robert Pinsky. How does the poet's voice reveal something about the poem's meaning in the two poems that we started reading in class?

"If a poem is written well, it was written with the poet's voice
and for a voice. Reading a poem silently instead of saying a
poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music
and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument." R.Pinsky