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Wild Geese
Jan. 27th, 2015 06:42 pmI read poems in high school thanks to my excellent German teacher. Poems from several different literary periods: some of my favorite were expressionist poems (I wrote my school leaving examination on a poem by Georg Trakl), but my favorite author was Rainer Maria Rilke. Still is, actually. What Rilke does with the German language is phenomenal.
Unfortunately I very rarely read poems after I finished high school, because I didn't encounter them often. And I know very few poems in languages other than German.
For Christmas this year I got a poetry anthology, "Staying Alive." I'm reading it very slowly, and I'm enjoying it a lot. I'm getting better at reading poetry, at slowing down and reading it again and not to automatically turn to the next page.
I don't like all of the poems, I think poetry is very selective: either it speaks to you or it doesn't. There are a couple that are very beautiful and touching. So far, none I like better than the very first.
( Wild Geese, by Mary Oliver )
Unfortunately I very rarely read poems after I finished high school, because I didn't encounter them often. And I know very few poems in languages other than German.
For Christmas this year I got a poetry anthology, "Staying Alive." I'm reading it very slowly, and I'm enjoying it a lot. I'm getting better at reading poetry, at slowing down and reading it again and not to automatically turn to the next page.
I don't like all of the poems, I think poetry is very selective: either it speaks to you or it doesn't. There are a couple that are very beautiful and touching. So far, none I like better than the very first.
( Wild Geese, by Mary Oliver )
