In our blanket vilification of all police, we are guilty of the same thing we are fighting.
When I was in my first year of University, a riot broke out on campus. I was with some friends and we were coming from the library at about 10 pm after finishing off an assignment when another student came running past us holding a whole frozen chicken up in the air.
“Free Chicken at Manfred Hodson!” He yelled. “Go and get yours! Free chicken! Free everything!”
We stopped and watched him run off, still yelling victoriously. What on earth was he going on about?
Another student came running past, several loaves of bread in his arms.
Manfred Hodson was one of the Dining Halls on campus. As we approached it, we saw the broken windows and smashed doors and watched as students jumped in and flew out holding all sorts of loot; bread, cuts of meat, chicken. …
Why are you so afraid of sharing your poetical self with the world? Here are a few common excuses closet poets make…
There are so many closet poets — I was one for many years — who won’t come out and say they write poetry. There are a number of reasons for this; none that I’ve heard so far are good enough to hold. They are simply excuses. Here are a few…
You think people will see you as weird
Trust me, everyone is weird. You know how you stick your fingers into the cake in the fridge and scoop it into your mouth like an ogre when no one is watching? Other people do that too — or have similarly strange when-I’m-by-myself behaviors. …
How do you develop greater emotional intelligence, improve your mastery of language and become more aware of the world, all at the same time?
Poetry.
This morning, I came across an audio recording on Poetry Out Loud about the importance of poetry. It captures succinctly why poetry is da ish (i.e. critially important).
It’s by the American poet, Dana Gioia, whose own story reminds us that the poetry of life doesn’t always rhyme or flow the way we expect it to. …
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