pregnant pole vaulter

Ok... we talked about how Dr. Sexson can't say keep your eyes peeled. I have always used the saying "that went over like a pregnant pole vaulter" which made me visualize it. It was pretty comical! That's my rambling for the day! I found it funny, and I hope you all do too.

Sydney thinks that the poet is the most important teacher because he teaches what the historians and philosopher don't. The poet gives us precepts and examples. The poet not only teaches he delights.

Understanding originates in poetry and poetry has value. We began recording history not by writing it down but by reciting it in the form of poetry. Our historians started out as poets.

Who is to differentiate between poetry and history or philosophy? There is no one person who can determine what is fact and what is fiction. Every history that has ever been written has been written by someone. Someone has a skewed view of history because he cannot see it from my eyes or your eyes. So, who is to say that history or philosophy is more valuable than poetry? All of it is written from a skewed perspective, the poet's view is just usually a little more abstract than, " on this day in history the lightbulb was invented". A poet would find a much more "flowery" way of saying the same thing such as, " on a gloomy dark and dismal day in cold december, a man realized his full potential." It does not mean that it isn't saying the same thing!

Poetry is better than the real thing in the fact that poetry can be exactly what you make it. The example used in class was a picnic without ants. Who wants to go to a picnic with ants when you can experience one through the reading of a poem about one without ants! HECK YES!!! I'll take the ant free version please.