Read poetry.
For strong bones, whiter teeth and a healthy lustrous coat. And, according to this study, it broadens the mind. But if Byron lights up the mind, what would Eliot do? Can an MRI show, with its pretty lights and colors, a mind being 'blown'? I read this, in part, as the science behind the buzz I get from certain poems and poets.
"Writing poetry is almost a physical experience as well as mental. Children are rarely worried about extracting too much meaning from poems, but they seem to get a much deeper experience from it."
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What is the origin of the quotation on children and poetry? I couldn't disagree more strongly with its second sentence although it certainly fits nicely into that romantic, Transcendentalist's notion long embedded in the American psyche.
Hi Terrence, the quote is from the article the post links to; it is by Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet.
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I'm guessing you have worked with children and poetry?
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