Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition. A. R. Ammons actualclassdiffer share on social
Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take. A. R. Ammons completelyextensiongenerate Change image and share on social
I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal. A. R. Ammons analogyexternalexternalization Change image and share on social
There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world. A. R. Ammons favorisolationreal Change image and share on social
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. A. R. Ammons hundredimaginelive Change image and share on social
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning. A. R. Ammons burnmanpast share on social
If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included. A. R. Ammons addgodgreat Change image and share on social
I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry. A. R. Ammons articlefloodgrateful Change image and share on social
You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off. A. R. Ammons findidentitymind Change image and share on social
