{"id":86280,"date":"2024-02-06T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?p=86280"},"modified":"2024-02-16T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T21:47:51","slug":"poems-we-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/poems-we-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems We Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-afeorpk-84ba8f895b506a9badb9d8704657637b\">\n.avia-section.av-afeorpk-84ba8f895b506a9badb9d8704657637b{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1' aria-label='SOU English Stories - Blog Roll Template - Intro Section' class='avia-section av-afeorpk-84ba8f895b506a9badb9d8704657637b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' 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av-lsamwhwv-6ac76a65cf454a01dfa6e9a020b3d7b9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>By Annalynn Mueller, junior English Major<br \/>\nFebruary 6, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsamx1m8-28ce1232a0d1def9a9129e92b4461d1b\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsamx1m8-28ce1232a0d1def9a9129e92b4461d1b .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsamx1m8-28ce1232a0d1def9a9129e92b4461d1b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Taking a break from writing essays and academic papers and spending time writing creatively is a great way to avoid burnout and have fun. To help encourage this creativity, the English department at SOU organizes poetry contests for any students, faculty, and community members to enter.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsan1s3d-51c1113bd7c0c31342607ce9e5d82ed3\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsan1s3d-51c1113bd7c0c31342607ce9e5d82ed3 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsan1s3d-51c1113bd7c0c31342607ce9e5d82ed3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>English program student worker Molly McGinley is coordinating this year&#8217;s <a href=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Poetry-Contest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valentine&#8217;s Day Poetry Contest<\/a>. To enter, email Molly your Valentine&#8217;s Day themed poem, up to 25 words, no more to <a href=\"mailto:mcginleym@sou.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mcginleym@sou.edu<\/a> by February 9th, 2024. Molly is also helping host an open house on Tuesday February 13th, 2024 from 12:30-1:20 where the poetry-contest winners will be announced and prizes will be awarded. Just like the contest, the open house is open to all. Head over to the top floor of Britt Hall on Tuesday, February 13 if you have questions about the English department, are looking to meet peers and professors, or just want to hear some lovely poems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsan5ff5-1eed6bf20e657d5c531fe8b3210b6da2\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsan5ff5-1eed6bf20e657d5c531fe8b3210b6da2 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:26px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsan5ff5-1eed6bf20e657d5c531fe8b3210b6da2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock rising-quote av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p class=\"dig-4\" style=\"text-align: left\"><em>\u201cIt is important to us that we give students the <span class=\"amaze-ultra madrone\">chance to be creative, share their work, and have a little fun in the process.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"pop-8\" style=\"font-size: 0.6em;text-align: right\">\u2013 Molly McGinley<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsan5py0-7d96582216c68a6d5f768a4276dfaa93\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsan5py0-7d96582216c68a6d5f768a4276dfaa93 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsan5py0-7d96582216c68a6d5f768a4276dfaa93 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Molly loves working for the English department as she is \u201cafforded the privilege of working so closely with our brilliant professors\u201d and gets to \u201chelp foster a sense of community across campus.\u201d She thinks that the Valentine&#8217;s Day poetry contest is a great way to get students connected and excited about 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itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured Above: Poetry Wall on the top floor of Britt Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsan6sew-35527caff332a380b3223823d1eb0db1\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsan6sew-35527caff332a380b3223823d1eb0db1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsan6sew-35527caff332a380b3223823d1eb0db1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you are still interested in sharing and reading poems, but missed this contest, be sure to check out the poetry wall created by Dr. Alma Rosa Alvarez on the top floor of <a href=\"\/academics\/know-your-britt\/\">Britt Hall<\/a>. The wall can always use more poems and students are encouraged to add to it at any point. Even though sharing written work can be intimidating, it is also an amazing gift and one of the things we love most in the English department. The poetry wall is a great way to share your work and get inspiration from peers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-55efmko-75a4cbf9f0c628d15568f6f73dc56ddc\">\n.avia-image-container.av-55efmko-75a4cbf9f0c628d15568f6f73dc56ddc img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-55efmko-75a4cbf9f0c628d15568f6f73dc56ddc .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-55efmko-75a4cbf9f0c628d15568f6f73dc56ddc av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-300x169.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-1030x579.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-768x432.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-705x397.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother.jpg\" height=\"675\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Ella-Thatchers-Great-Grandmother-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-86285 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-86285 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Ella Thatcher&#039;s Great Grandmother\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4smi9rc-85c278b08aa817dc04f2b5921186f3d7\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-4smi9rc-85c278b08aa817dc04f2b5921186f3d7 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-4smi9rc-85c278b08aa817dc04f2b5921186f3d7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>Pictured Above: Ella Thatcher&#8217;s great grandmother<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsan7hvl-06f78d21c4ce887adb5cddc2c798a093\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsan7hvl-06f78d21c4ce887adb5cddc2c798a093 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsan7hvl-06f78d21c4ce887adb5cddc2c798a093 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>One of the poems featured on the poetry wall is titled \u201cMaternal Lineage\u201d by SOU student Ella Thatcher. Along with the other students in ENG 104, Ella wrote beautiful poetry that struck Dr. Alma Rosa Alvarez and reignited her appreciation for the art of poetry. Alma Rosa loves \u201cthat Ella uses cataloging to great effect\u201d and \u201cthe way she constructs an image of her great grandmother through her great grandmother&#8217;s personal effects and the spaces she occupied.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsan8c8o-368d6e3aeecd9bfa8a7dec3fb5e8fa70\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsan8c8o-368d6e3aeecd9bfa8a7dec3fb5e8fa70 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsan8c8o-368d6e3aeecd9bfa8a7dec3fb5e8fa70 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Maternal Lineage<\/span><br \/>\nOh, to know the way you looked!<br \/>\nOak trees, pie tins, hardwood floors, flat land.<br \/>\nSquinting and blouses. Brooms and mascara.<br \/>\nI miss you, and I have never met you.<br \/>\nUpside-down cups, the dairy aisle, lipstick stains, and trousers.<br \/>\nA shimmer to the eye, wet leaves, varicose veins, and carrying something heavy.<br \/>\nDo you ever feel that way too?<br \/>\nHair clips, pins, pens, and the creek down the way.<br \/>\nCutting boards, windowsills, potted plants, and picture frames.<br \/>\nOh, how lucky I am to have known the way you looked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ella Thacher<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsana1u0-e1aa2716a688d29f17dfc51d8c7f7305\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsana1u0-e1aa2716a688d29f17dfc51d8c7f7305 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsana1u0-e1aa2716a688d29f17dfc51d8c7f7305 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In addition to writing poems in English classes, we also get to read and learn from them. One of the poems Dr. Diana Maltz loves to teach is titled \u201cThe Language Issue\u201d which appears at the end of the essay &#8220;Why I Choose to Write in Irish, The Corpse That Sits Up and Talks Back&#8221; by Nuala ni Dhomhnaill. The author is \u201ca poet who writes in Irish and collaborates with a translator, so that her poems are always published in two versions, Irish and English.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsaneeag-1d23b3901b4fb65411315a08c4008dfd\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsaneeag-1d23b3901b4fb65411315a08c4008dfd .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsaneeag-1d23b3901b4fb65411315a08c4008dfd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">The Language Issue<\/span><br \/>\nI place my hope on the water<br \/>\nin this little boat<br \/>\nof the language, the way a body might put<br \/>\nan infant<br \/>\nin a basket of intertwined<br \/>\niris leaves,<br \/>\nits underside proofed<br \/>\nwith bitumen and pitch,<br \/>\nthen set the whole thing down amidst<br \/>\nthe sedge<br \/>\nand bulrushes by the edge<br \/>\nof a river<br \/>\nonly to have it borne hither and thither,<br \/>\nnot knowing where it might end up;<br \/>\nin the lap, perhaps,<br \/>\nof some Pharaoh\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Nuala N\u00ed Dhomhnaill, trans. Paul Muldoon<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsanfy3j-6b0cc0c4f70a6e74547b0dbaa27e6fe7\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsanfy3j-6b0cc0c4f70a6e74547b0dbaa27e6fe7 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsanfy3j-6b0cc0c4f70a6e74547b0dbaa27e6fe7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Reading Dhomhnaill\u2019s poems in Irish is important and respectful (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uDEYFXT6YeI&amp;t=6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to listen click here<\/a>). Diana loves the way that the speaker \u201cimagines she is sending her Irish language out into the world like Moses in the bulrushes, and she hopes that someone will rescue and preserve it.\u201d Here is the poem in Irish:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsanggg5-bd35815f31cc1464b86141ba6c5caf38\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsanggg5-bd35815f31cc1464b86141ba6c5caf38 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsanggg5-bd35815f31cc1464b86141ba6c5caf38 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Ceist na Teangan<\/span><br \/>\nCuirim mo dh\u00f3chas ar sn\u00e1mh<br \/>\ni mb\u00e1id\u00edn teangan<br \/>\nfaoi mar a leagf\u00e1 na\u00edon\u00e1n<br \/>\ni gcliabh\u00e1n<br \/>\na bheadh fite fuaite<br \/>\nde dhuilleoga feileastraim<br \/>\nis biti\u00famin agus pic<br \/>\nbheith cuimilte lena th\u00f3in<br \/>\nansan \u00e9 a leagadh s\u00edos<br \/>\ni measc na ngiolcach<br \/>\nis coigeal na mban s\u00ed<br \/>\nle taobh na habhann,<br \/>\nf\u00e9achaint n\u2019fheadara\u00eds<br \/>\nc\u00e1 dtabharfaidh an sruth \u00e9,<br \/>\nf\u00e9achaint, d\u00e1la Mhaoise,<br \/>\nan bhf\u00f3irfidh in\u00edon Fharoinn?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nuala N\u00ed Dhomhnaill<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsanqwtx-6dffa208b14c667c2d79bbd5ec6e1eba\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsanqwtx-6dffa208b14c667c2d79bbd5ec6e1eba .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsanqwtx-6dffa208b14c667c2d79bbd5ec6e1eba '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Similar to the way that Dhomhnaill\u2019s poems enact change and fight for a cause, many of William Stafford\u2019s poems create \u201clove-and-activism-in-words.\u201d William Stafford was the US Poet Laureate before that was even the official title: he was a \u201cconsultant of poetry\u201d at the Library of Congress who then became Oregon\u2019s Poet Laureate. English program chair, Dr. Margaret Perrow, loves his poem \u201cYes\u201d as it \u201cmake[s] you see, do, [and] think differently.\u201d Dr. Perrow also loves the way that this poem is \u201cconcise and conversational, timely and timeless.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3u4wwtk-8002fec85a1a797bb4c88945155403f3\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-3u4wwtk-8002fec85a1a797bb4c88945155403f3 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-3u4wwtk-8002fec85a1a797bb4c88945155403f3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Yes<\/span><br \/>\nIt could happen any time, tornado,<br \/>\nearthquake, Armageddon. It could happen.<br \/>\nOr sunshine, love, salvation.<br \/>\nIt could, you know. That\u2019s why we wake<br \/>\nand look out \u2013 no guarantees<br \/>\nin this life.<br \/>\nBut some bonuses, like morning,<br \/>\nlike right now, like noon,<br \/>\nlike evening.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsapovt9-150341a4218c4a19d81f6c1d7fdd4e2d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lsapovt9-150341a4218c4a19d81f6c1d7fdd4e2d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lsapovt9-150341a4218c4a19d81f6c1d7fdd4e2d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"pop-20\"  class='avia-image-container av-lsapovt9-150341a4218c4a19d81f6c1d7fdd4e2d av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-300x169.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-1030x579.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-768x432.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-705x397.webp 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset.jpg\" height=\"675\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Bird-Flying-into-Sunset-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-86284 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-86284 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Bird Flying into Sunset\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsapkofa-369599240477acc169031e43bb645869\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsapkofa-369599240477acc169031e43bb645869 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsapkofa-369599240477acc169031e43bb645869 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>One of the things I love about poetry is how it can help you express love to other people. This happened to be the case with the poem that Dr. Merrilyne Lundahl shared that she loves. \u201cVultures\u201d by Robinson Jeffers \u201cbecame scripture\u201d for Merrilyne \u201cand way of expressing love and grief and hope\u201d towards her mom. Merrilyne feels connected to the speaker and sees this poem as her vision of the afterlife (she also loves the word \u201censkyment\u201d a lot)!!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsaplisp-dd8e92c86233b411b39fd806e935ce21\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsaplisp-dd8e92c86233b411b39fd806e935ce21 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsaplisp-dd8e92c86233b411b39fd806e935ce21 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">\u201cVulture\u201d (1963)<\/span><br \/>\nI had walked since dawn and lay down to rest on a bare hillside<br \/>\nAbove the ocean. I saw through half-shut eyelids a vulture wheeling high up in heaven,<br \/>\nAnd presently it passed again, but lower and nearer, its orbit narrowing, I understood then<br \/>\nThat I was under inspection. I lay death-still and heard the flight-feathers<br \/>\nWhistle above me and make their circle and come nearer.<br \/>\nI could see the naked red head between the great wings<br \/>\nBear downward staring. I said, &#8220;My dear bird, we are wasting time here.<br \/>\nThese old bones will still work; they are not for you.&#8221;<br \/>\nBut how beautiful he looked, gliding down<br \/>\nOn those great sails; how beautiful he looked, veering<br \/>\naway in the sea-light over the precipice. I tell you solemnly<br \/>\nThat I was sorry to have disappointed him. To be eaten<br \/>\nby that beak and become part of him, to share those wings and those eyes&#8211;<br \/>\nWhat a sublime end of one&#8217;s body, what an enskyment;<br \/>\nWhat a life after death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Robinson Jeffers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsapm447-0374c9357fff654320a9aba78e57b2b3\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lsapm447-0374c9357fff654320a9aba78e57b2b3 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lsapm447-0374c9357fff654320a9aba78e57b2b3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock pop-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>All of the poems shared by the amazing English faculty show a glimpse into the versatility, beauty, and power that poetry can hold. I hope you loved reading them and were inspired in some way, maybe to enter the <a href=\"\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/Poetry-Contest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valentine&#8217;s Day Poetry Contest<\/a>! With this season, Valentine\u2019s Day, and midterms, approaching, we urge you to spend time doing the things and reflecting upon what you love.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lsp6hje0-39d58d670f0e2bf1fe958590dc4243ff\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lsp6hje0-39d58d670f0e2bf1fe958590dc4243ff img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lsp6hje0-39d58d670f0e2bf1fe958590dc4243ff .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"pop-20\"  class='avia-image-container av-lsp6hje0-39d58d670f0e2bf1fe958590dc4243ff av-styling-no-styling avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-30  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source 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