Week 9: Discussion
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1. Watch these short video about mindfulness before reading the poems:
Video 1 (Links to an external site.)https://youtu.be/vzKryaN44ss
Video 2 (Links to an external site.):https://youtu.be/_QyMJErxu5U
2.Read Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” Click here (Links to an external site.)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken
3. Listen to this short video (5 min; 21 sec) discussion of the poem. Click here (Links to an external site.) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/weve-gotten-wrong-robert-frost-classic
4. Read Mary Oliver’s “The Summer Day.” Click here (Links to an external site.)http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_thesummerday.html
In a fully developed contribution of at least 8 sentences, respond to one or more of the following questions:
What similarities did you observe between the practice of mindfulness and the subjects of one or both poems?
In what ways is the reading of poetry similar to the practice of mindfulness?
What strategies do you think we can use to become more mindful readers?
What thoughts, impressions, or responses did you notice yourself having to one or both of the poems?
