Pokey has another part-time gig: One Clover & A Bee (thank you Emily Dickinson!) is the name of my new column as a contributing writer at HilltownFamilies.org.
I’ll be writing once a month about how families can learn and say poems and just generally make poetry part of their lives and not be afraid of it. I think it’s going to be fun.
For the first column I chose Christina Rossetti’s poem “What Are Heavy?” because my daughter discovered it in 3rd grade and loves it to this day. And it’s really easy to memorize. And I love it, too.
What Are Heavy?
What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow:
What are brief? today and tomorrow:
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth:
What are deep? the ocean and truth.
If you want to read the column, just follow the bee…and don’t forget to let me know what you think.
Amy Dryansky 
This makes me think of how I learned to love classical music – it was just so much part of the fabric of our household – always playing. My dad listening to Chopin ballades, my mom listening to Brahms trios, by grandfather listening to Beethoven symphonies. It was always there. I find I’ve absorbed a huge amount without even meaning to. I think the same thing can work with poetry.
yes, i think it’s like muscle memory for the ears!