This week our topic will be on poetry itself. We will look at 7 poems.
Today we will start with "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. This poem informs the blogs name and approach.
Monday: "Notes on the Art of Poetry" by Dylan Thomas
Tuesday: "Sound and Sense" by Alexander Pope
Wednesday: Selection from "Ars Poetica" by Horace (translated by Ben Jonson)
Thursday: "Ars Poetica" by Archibald MacLeish
Friday: Selection from "Don Juan" by Lord Byron
Saturday: "There is no Frigate Like a Book" by Emily Dickinson
Next week's theme: Spring
Introduction: The use of poetry to explain poetry can be traced at least back to the Roman poet Horace. His poem "Ars Poetica," which is translated to mean, "On the Art of Poetry," gives a self-referential examination of what it means to be a poet. Today the art form is alive and well in many creative writing class rooms around the world, where students, stuck with a blank page, inevitably revert to talking about their blank page. While no consensus will ever be reached as to what constitutes poetry, many of the best poets have attempted to answer this and other important questions such as what makes good poetry, what effect does poetry have on the reader, and why does a poet write. I hope you enjoy reading and examining this week's poetry.
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