Poetry

Can I just say, without being judged, that I'm not a huge fan of poetry? I feel very uncultured saying such an indecent thing. I like poetry that is children's poetry, like the funny book of poems that I enjoyed reading as a child. And I like the poetry that is readily understandable. You know, "Two roads divulging . . . . I take the road less traveled by" kind of poetry. But any abstract poetry, not such a fan.

But, at our co-op last week, my friend did a quick explanation of poetry for the children and let them create their own poem (sometimes with a little help from mom for the younger ones) and the children just ate it up. They came up with some very unique poems! It was great. Maybe I'll read my children some more poetry and as they learn to accept poetry, maybe I will learn to like it a little bit more myself. That's part of my goal to be continuously learning myself to be an example to my children and a better person overall.