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Not as diverse as other collections I‘ve read, but included a good balance of male and female poets. I greatly enjoyed the different ways the poets wrote about travel and transportation. This is a lovely collection that was fun to read.
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Didn‘t enjoy all of the Tennyson in this collection, but I did enjoy this lovely poem they used to close.
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More Millay to love. I‘ve really got to get a book of hers.
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I feel like this is a poem that should be taught in every American school. Of course, it won‘t be because 1) it‘s written by a woman and we‘d hate for girls to think they had brains, and 2) it would require doing something that would make them good people but isn‘t on a godforsaken test.
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I remember riding on a train when I was 7. It was oddly fun. I may be back on a train this spring and I‘m very excited. Yes, I‘m a nerd.
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I love the sea.
@TheBookHippie especially when the poem is actually about the sea. 🤷🏼‍♀️ When it‘s not, I just laugh. 😏
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For some reason I thought the Flying Dutchman was a joke...I had no idea it was a rather enjoyable poem.
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I‘m on the fence about this poet and I don‘t know why. I‘ve liked everything of hers I‘ve read so far.
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As if I wasn‘t already sold on Millay yesterday.
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@TheBookHippie I think this one is also not about the ocean. Just a hunch. #DontTellDrMike
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Liked this. Don‘t know why.
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Here, have some Frost!!! I love this.
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Rivers. Water. Love it.
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More Frost...because I can.
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Turns out I‘m a Robert Frost fan. Who knew?! 🤷🏼‍♀️
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I almost want to ask my students what they think of as their sacred space after this.

As someone who hasn‘t even been in a car for over a year, I can see this as a sacred space!
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So odd, how much I enjoy Whitman in small doses.
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Starting this next collection of poetry. I‘m finding I actually like poetry when I understand what the bleep is going on.
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