Planting ideas and flowering poems five days a week.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Video: Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Note: Sundays are usually off-limits to poetry posting, but I couldn't resist posting this video of actor Jeremy Irons reading William Wordsworth's poem, "Daffodils." This is perfect to celebrate April as National Poetry Month!
When I was 14, I wrote my first poem, a treacly one about friendship. In high school, I began writing poems after reading Jewel's "A Night in Armor," a book that allowed me to fall in love with free verse. Once I entered college, A.R. Ammons's "Glare," an opus using beautiful, winding language, completely changed the way I thought about poetry. And I've played with words ever since.
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