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Dartagnon, Administration
Favorite Poets: KRS-One, Mos Def “There are so many lyrics and words I’ve got in my head. Poetry is a good way to organize your thoughts, it’s a good way to keep yourself sane.”
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Jason Spainhower, Systems Analyst
Favorite Poets:
Charles Simic, James Tate
“Good poetry is both very personal and tends to age poorly. A lot of the poetry you’re really into for a while and then think, ‘Well… it made sense then.’”
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DeLois Day, Youth Counselor
“By working with the youth, oftentimes they read me some of their poetry. Some of it is very dark. As a mature person it doesn’t seem to make any sense, but I guess it makes sense to them.”
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Victoria Withrow, Teacher
Favorite Poets: Lucille Clifton, Marge Piercy
“‘A woman is not a pear tree thrusting forth her fruit in mindless fecundity.’ That’s Marge Piercy. I think it’s really powerful feminist work that she does.” |
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Mary Pollard, Retired
“Being Irish, Seamus Heaney is one of my favorites. Seamus Heaney composed the poem ‘Digging’ while watching his father digging potatoes outside his window. He knew that he would never be able to handle a spade as well as his father, but he had his pen and he was going to use that to dig and find the truth.” |
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