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Ciardi Traces Rhythm and Fun in Poetry at Shepherd College
Dr John Ciardi lectured at Shepherd College on Poetry as a mind expanding art, stressing rhythm and plot in lines from Donne Hughes Poe and Frost. He urged careful word choice, shared his own “revenge poems” for children, and read poems about his son Ben noting how poetry can be both serious and playful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritta Perry Gray
John Ciardi
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
John Donne
Langston Hughes
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Frost
Ciardi
Cardi
John Frederick Nimes
Suzy
Hhs
Apollo
Daedalus
Ben