In my last post, I referenced an earlier piece I wrote on the value of memorizing poetry. That brought to mind the video below that my wife (herself a very fine poet) recently showed me. In it, a 3-year old recites a Billy Collins poem. As far as I can tell, this is not a result of over-bearing parenting, but purely of the kid’s interest in poetry. Now, granted your average three-year old tends to have a memory like a sponge (my own son can rattle off great amounts of Bob Dylan and John Prine lyrics), but I think most of us are up to mastering at least a sonnet or two. Here’s the video:
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