<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367902" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Why Poetry Matters</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The English teacher spoke at length<br>To stimulate the class, <br>Still hoping they'd recall a tenth<br>Before the day must pass! <br>He mentioned poets long since dead, <br>Yet with a sense of awe.<br>The students had a sense of dread...<br>They'd heard it all before.<br>He mentioned Shakepeare and they groaned<br>At all those thees and thous.<br>He mentioned Milton and they moaned<br>For he was for highbrows.<br>He mentioned Mister Milligan<br>And read some funny verse...<br>But when the teacher thought he'd won, <br>It made the matter worse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He told them straight, 'It's poetry<br>That teaches us anew...<br>It's magic and it's mystery<br>And each line has some clue.<br>If we unravel what each reads, <br>What wisdom will we find? <br>What treasure troves, what noble creeds, <br>What stories will unwind? <br>What insights does the poet know? <br>What revelations share? <br>What rhythmic words will overflow? '<br>They said, 'We just don't care! '<br>That's why the English teacher left, <br>Resigning that same day! <br>He emigrated, quite bereft...<br>But then earnt twice the pay...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem was written just before the TV programme.<br>Griff Rhys Jones explores the theme, 'Why Poetry Matters', <br>Broadcasted on BBC2 (UK) TV,20th May 2009...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shakespeare, Milton and Mister Spike Milligan were featured<br>on this splendid show as part of the BBC's Poetry Season...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367902" data-title="Why Poetry Matters de Denis Martindale" data-description="The English teacher spoke at length To stimulate the class, Still hoping they'd recall a tenth Before the day must pass! He mentioned poets long since dead, Yet with a sense of awe. The students had a sense of dread... They'd heard it all befor..."></div> </div> </div>

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