Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Arts and Entertainment => Topic started by: Wowbagger on 13 July, 2019, 09:34:50 am
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I am sure that such a thread must have existed, but I couldn't find it. (Mods pease merge if necessary)
I was very taken with this lovely little piece from Brian Bilston:
YOU ARE A MAP
In bed, my fingers trace your contours,
caress the lines from coastal margins,
slide along secluded pathways
and linger in hidden beauty spots,
before a gentle incline leads them
to the peaks of two majestic hillocks
separated by a narrow ravine,
to be followed down, down, until
vegetation arrives as a surprise,
scrub makes way for enchanting forest.
I ready myself to plunge into the interior
but then I am told to turn off the light
and I carefully fold my scale 1:25 000
Ordnance Survey OL4 Map
of The Lake District: North-western area,
including Keswick, Cockermouth & Wigton,
before placing it back in my bedside drawer,
alongside my pipe, nail clippers and loose change.
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He keeps a PIPE in his bedroom drawer? His change isn't all that's loose!
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It makes you wonder whether he was channelling Wainwright...
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:)
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/poetry-children-survey-poems-classroom
I find that incredibly disappointing that
nearly a quarter of schools teach poetry only once a year or less.
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I haven't done any classroom teaching since 1986. On the occasion that I meet a former pupil (and I'm friends with a few IRL and on FB), one of the things they invariably remember fondly was that I used to spend a fair bit of time on poetry. It's a massively important part of our culture and essential for a well-rounded education.