Comments on: POETRY: should be conserved and promoted

By: Dorli Nauta

Dorli Nauta — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:43:02 +0000

Dear Boris,
I am the agent for Michael George Gibson,top recitor of poetry. Translator of Middle English poetry such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Orfeo. He can recite and perform all kinds of true poetry which measures, rhymes and scans.
In your quest to educate children to enjoy ‘universal saying lessons’ he is without a doubt the man to help you.
Please contact me to discuss the finer details and organisation of this project asap.
Best wishes,
Dorli Nauta, Trapeze Company, sole agent for Michael George Gibson http://www.michaelgeorgegibson.org

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By: Maty

Maty — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:42:51 +0000

There was a girl from Spain
Who loves sun and hates rain
She enjoyed the sun
But with rain she had no fun
But she lives in England and suffers the pain

Marinela Reka

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By: Boris Office

Boris Office — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:30:03 +0000

jd
> loved your fabulous poem about Boris! Brill!!

Anyone else with some limericks up their sleeves?

There was a young man called Boris……

(…any suggestions??)

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By: Gill

Gill — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:49:07 +0000

Well, John: why not get some students to share some poetry here? The site is moderated.

TheatreOdyssey looks fun.

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By: John J. Taylor

John J. Taylor — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:37:22 +0000

I couldn’t agree more! I am a head of English in a boarding school in Scotland, and having just come to the end of the StAnza POetry Festival, we are trying our best to get poetry back on the map. We’re getting there, I think, but on the other hand, I think it’s for the rest of us to let students know HOW fun and interesting poetry is, byut promoting how it plays with words.
Incidentally, Boris, I am also a huge advocate of your other bugbear (sp?), the promotion of Classics – for which, please see our community organisation website at http://www.theatreodyssey.com. We’re trying our best there too!

Many thanks
John

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By: Olive Frost

Olive Frost — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:31:36 +0000

Poetry is around us all the time – kids rap, sing all the lyrics to songs, know jingles, ads, rhymes, chants, etc etc
We’re not all Brackenbury scholars Boz. Yes by all means introduce kids to poetry – at any age – from nursery to PhD – but don’t force it. There are stacks of schemes around where perfomance poets visit schools etc etc -please don’t return to the land of recitation and desperation..
I love poetry, have an A-Z library of collections of poems and keep poetry books in every room in the house. Can’t do anything by heart tho.

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By: Paul Wakeford

Paul Wakeford — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:37:02 +0000

You may not have time to read a book – or part of a book. But we all have time for a complete poem daily. Not the Iliad or The Wasteland though.

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By: jd

jd — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:02:16 +0000

There once was a chap called Boris,
who squared right up to Chuck Norris.
Said Boris to Norris,
“You look like a florist,
“Now go and study your Horace!”

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By: Robin Jenks

Robin Jenks — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:34:29 +0000

Well said, Boris. Poetry is the only art form that you can carry around in your head at no cost. As Auden remarked it cant be simplified and it can’t be stolen so no one puts a value on it. Why not try to persuade the Today programme to have a ‘Poem for the Day’ slot. It would brighten things up and remind people that the English are pre-eminent in this art.

Yours,
Robin Jenks.

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By: Paul Lettan

Paul Lettan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:16:14 +0000

Glorious wrong headed and wrong footed rant by Amol Rajan (oxbridge) on the Independent website about Boris’ article! To read is a joy. No irony some people.

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