McCann's group drove 18 hours in a crowded van from Atlanta, and the students are paying the cost of the trip themselves. Most of her peers never speak up in class. Her friend Keli Ollis agrees. Poetry allows you to get to real emotion. Songs on the radio are so fabricated.
Poetry is a passion.
And poetry is everywhere. Even 'speed checked by detection devices' has alliteration. Elizabeth Lund is the Monitor's poetry editor. We offer them for your additional research. The Christian Science Monitor.