Poetry Comes Out of Silence
Newsletter
I took this week off, and I wanted to share a few things I enjoyed during my break.
The title for this newsletter comes from Marilyn Nelson, a storytelling poet profiled in this podcast episode of On Being, “Communal Pondering in a Noisy World”.
I also enjoyed this podcast episode from The Art of Manliness, an interview with writer Nicholas Carr, “How the Internet Makes Our Minds Shallow”.
During my break I finished part of a fence project. I’ve been measuring time in experiences; one fence panel = listening to both sides of Wilco, “Being There”.
Books I’m reading: If It Bleeds by Stephen King (short stories collection, typical King) and Joy at Work by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein (point of clarification: they do not suggest a specific limit for number of books you own; just keep the ones that bring you joy).
I appreciated this quote from a Choice Literacy article by Bitsy Parks: “Beauty invites kids to slow down and show care, and it gives the teacher time to listen and observe.”
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