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Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1018] Re: poetry
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I second Deborah's request. I have used one of Lucille Clifton's poems
that I found in an anthology, but I'm glad to have the reference you gave
here.
nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov writes:
>
>Rose Marie,
>
>Will you share with us some of the poets or titles that you used? This is
>such a great idea. I once
>shared the poems of Lucille Clifton from her anthologoized collection:
>Poems and a Memoir with a
>family literacy class, and wow-- did it hit home!
>
>Deborah Schwartz
>---- nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov wrote:
>> I had, and will have another, a class of Head Start parents I was
>teaching to read. Since they were
>having trouble with comprehension, I started reading them poetry. That
>really opened the
>floodgates, and before I knew it, we were having regular discussions
>about what the poet meant,
>and how that related to their own lives. Abuse and violence seemed to
>surface naturally and they
>were very candid about their experiences and seemed to be comfortable and
>trusted my comment
>that all would be confidential... as it has been.
>> I did not try to counsel, refer, advise, or whatever. We talked and
>discussed and that seemed to
>meet the need. I am better prepared for the next class and will perhaps
>learn more from it, but they
>helped themselves without my intervention. They are still reading the
>poetry!
>> Rose Marie Duffy
>> Northwest Ohio Literacy Council
>>
>>
>>
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