{"id":23,"date":"2015-01-30T18:49:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompsonexplorer\/?p=23"},"modified":"2015-02-04T00:09:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:09:57","slug":"poetry-in-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/thompsonexplorer\/2015\/01\/30\/poetry-in-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry in Voice in Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Rachel Low<\/em><\/p>\n

The first response from my peers when I tell them about my participation in Poetry in Voice was, “I\u2019m so glad I don’t have to do it”. But I think some of the best things in life, like getting on a roller-coaster\u00a0or cliff jumping, happen when we\u00a0are forced\u00a0to face our worst fears, whether that be death, or public speaking (which are pretty much synonymous in the minds of the\u00a0majority). Although I cannot say I jump at the opportunity to speak in front of an audience, I can certainly attest to the great feeling of relief that washes over me when my butterflies are set free.<\/p>\n

A bit late to the party, David Thompson is one of the only schools in the lower mainland that has never participated in Poetry in Voice — a poetry recitation contest for Canadian high schools. This year, \u00a0however, three English teachers — Mr. Boyes, Ms. Grant, and Mr. Macleod —\u00a0have chosen to hold in-class contests as part of the curriculum with some of their students.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Boyes giving his English 10 Enriched class the rundown for their then upcoming recitations.<\/p><\/div>\n

There is a chance you can tell a lot\u00a0about a person from\u00a0the poem\u00a0she chooses to recite. Keeping with the motto, \u201cLet your poem find you.\u201d, some recitations are a window to the reciter\u2019s soul, and yet others, are the products of a poem hastily memorized like Biology facts the night before the recitation. (But then again, there is certainly a thin line between \u201cgood and bad\u201d when it comes to something as subjective as the arts. For instance, who reserves the right to be the judge of the quality of a painting except the painter himself\/herself? Or when it comes to poetry recitation, how can we say that the reciter\u2019s interpretation is incorrect when it is directly related to his\/her own experience of the poem? Or, if I were to think my article is the best in this newsletter, who can truly say otherwise?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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