Nov 13 2006
why would you use a poem?
The people I’ve asked so far have said they have used poetry books as resources to:
- help make a speech entertaining at a wedding
- find poignant words to say at a funeral
- sharing a recognition, reading a poem to my parents that reminds me of my brother
- I was asked to find a scarey poem to read at a Halloween party
What about you? Yes, YOU!
- what poem or verse have you used? (i.e. tell us the poet and poem)
- what made you start looking for this poem? (e.g. I had to make a speech and I’m not too good at that, school homework, I needed to cheer myself up… etc)
- how did you find this poem? (e.g. browing in a library, internet search, recomendation from a friend, parents read it to you as a kiddy, remembered from school, ex-lover sent it to you… etc)
Example comment from my usage:
I am looking for a poem to send to my mother that will say something to comfort her while she arranges the things that are necessary when putting her brother to rest. I haven’t found anything. yet. I’m looking through the books on my shelves. My own words are shared, they feel insufficient.
please share your stories of seeking and finding (or not) poems as comments on this blog post 
3 of your thoughts on why would you use a poem?
