Poetry - Morning/Afternoon

“Dead Poets Society Revisited” or

“Poetry Writing 1A: How to Woo that Significant Other with Words that May/May Not Rhyme”

In the words of Robin Williams in his role a Mr. John Keating in the film Dead Poets Society:

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”

This NHS Arts Day Workshop will meet in Lane 202 and will require members of the human race, their iPads, and an open mind as they read, recite, listen, write, and feel poetry. After which we may need several professional police officers and therapists to fend off and counsel those who did not participate in this workshop yet were inevitably affected by it.


Led by Darren Redman