Saturday, September 15, 2007

 

Memorization Month


I've successfully memorized the Wright poem below. So far in My Month of Poetry Memorization, I've tripled the amount of poems I have by heart. Next up, David Mason's "Song of the Powers." This is a great poem to hear Dave recite, and I'd like to have something truly contemporary. I was going to try Larissa Szporluk's "Cuckoo," but that one has me a little intimidated. I may take that on as the fourth of the month.

While I'm thinking of it, let me throw it open to the floor: what do you think would be good poems to memorize for recitation?

# posted by Steven D. Schroeder @ 11:12 AM
Comments:
I was/am planning to memorize Stevens's "The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm."
# posted by Blogger Andrew Shields : September 15, 2007 3:39 PM
 
Steven, I read your blog when I can and enjoy it a lot. Though I don't post to blogs very often, I had to tell you that I read your title "Memorization Month" as "Memorization Moth" and I'm going to use it as a poem title. It's a slip I really like.

Also, I love your letter to Sarabande!

Susan
# posted by Anonymous Susan Elbe : September 16, 2007 6:24 PM
 
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