Just because you don't read poetry, that doesn't mean no one does. (Reply #44)

In the discussion thread: Black Man Was Stopped by Police for Sitting in His Car, Reading C.S. Lewis [View all]

Thu Jul 14, 2016, 06:53 PM

tblue37 (44,929 posts)

44. Just because you don't read poetry, that doesn't mean no one does.

One of my students told me she kept her big poetry anthology from my course in her car so she could read poetry whenever she was stuck somewhere. Once people learn to understand and appreciate it, they often find reading poetry to be remarkably enjoyable.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Black Man Was Stopped by Police for Sitting in His Car, Reading C.S. Lewis [View all]	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	OP
Does not shock me..	HipChick	Jul 2016	#1
Canada defintely has some issues with racism	MrScorpio	Jul 2016	#2
please explain what you mean	cntrfthrs	Jul 2016	#28
Just what Mr. Scorpio said	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#33
Could be a legitimate "check welfare" stop...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#3
He was told that it was called in as "suspicious black man"	MH1	Jul 2016	#7
The fact he was reported as "suspicious black man" and that it was a wharf...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#11
Yes, the lack of details in the original post	MH1	Jul 2016	#12
Third Paragraph of the OP	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#48
"His actions sound like those of a depressed person"	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2016	#24
Yeah I drive off and park somewhere and read poetry all the time. Then I leave...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#26
I go to the park when I'm stressed	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2016	#27
I still do not see how a cop pulling this guy over for being black could be construed as a wellness	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#29
Actually, lots of people do that	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#35
HAHAHA- sorry, didn't pass giggle test. nt	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#39
Just because you don't read poetry, that doesn't mean no one does.	tblue37	Jul 2016	#44
Reading poetry is GREAT when stuck somewhere or waiting on someone...	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#46
Just another white person	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2016	#45
Incorrect. For the record I don't care what color you are. nt	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#47
He said he was "stewing" which isn't being depressed	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#34
"Stewing" is not being depressed?	63splitwindow	Jul 2016	#38
"Canada" didn't call this in	padfun	Jul 2016	#4
Please see my link and excerpt above, it was several people.	MH1	Jul 2016	#9
I know, but even then.	padfun	Jul 2016	#14
Bet that ticked off police. I think it was Richard Pryor who joked about a policeman	Hoyt	Jul 2016	#5
Yup, Canadians can be racist too	IronLionZion	Jul 2016	#6
Murder would be Very Impolite, EH?	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#17
Ask northern Native Americans if whites are a "tad bit" racist in Canada	Person 2713	Jul 2016	#8
+1	FailureToCommunicate	Jul 2016	#16
Is C.S. Lewis ....	sheshe2	Jul 2016	#10
If so,	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#18
DWB	Mendocino	Jul 2016	#13
Or more simply: R	kentauros	Jul 2016	#31
OMG.	progressoid	Jul 2016	#42
And of course it happened at a Waffle House	kentauros	Jul 2016	#43
Deep in their instinctive hearts	zentrum	Jul 2016	#15
Disagree.	Elmergantry	Jul 2016	#21
Yeah, that's the easy	zentrum	Jul 2016	#23
NAILED IT!	Night Watchman	Jul 2016	#30
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jul 2016	#49
I think the "easy unthinking reaction"	Elmergantry	Jul 2016	#36
I see no one on this thread blaming "everything on whitey."	LanternWaste	Jul 2016	#40
sounds like it to me	Elmergantry	Jul 2016	#41
training ?	DustyJoe	Jul 2016	#19
i blame the 911 callers & 911 not asking more.	pansypoo53219	Jul 2016	#20
K&R.. thank you..	Cha	Jul 2016	#22
driving while litterate.....oh the humanity	dembotoz	Jul 2016	#25
Oh, I actually think in some ways they can be more racist	obamanut2012	Jul 2016	#32
Just be grateful it wasn't Edgar Allan Poe.	ChairmanAgnostic	Jul 2016	#37

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