Dear Readers (especially readers of poetry):
These lines:
“I am talking my way back to the poem’s turn”
“Into my pocket slips a folded note, creased”
“Forgive me, I’m no good at this. I can’t write back. I never read”
Stood out to me, wowza!
But Ilya Kaminsky has really blown my mind this year… you know overall!
A poem's (or story's) first line can make or break it!
I know people complain that the content is not age appropriate, but high school girls love Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey. (My take: if they are experiencing it, they can certainly read about it.)
These lines:
“I am talking my way back to the poem’s turn”
“Into my pocket slips a folded note, creased”
“Forgive me, I’m no good at this. I can’t write back. I never read”
Stood out to me, wowza!
But Ilya Kaminsky has really blown my mind this year… you know overall!
A poem's (or story's) first line can make or break it!
I know people complain that the content is not age appropriate, but high school girls love Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey. (My take: if they are experiencing it, they can certainly read about it.)