"I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to"
- Jewel Kilcher
About this Quote
This quote by Jewel Kilcher recommends that when kids are exposed to poetry, they often find it difficult to comprehend and connect to. This is most likely due to the fact that poetry is typically complex and abstract, and can be hard to translate. Kilcher is likely suggesting that in order for kids to value poetry, it requires to be provided in a manner that is accessible and relatable to them. This could include using language that is more familiar to them, or providing the poem in such a way that is more interesting and interactive. By doing this, children may be more likely to appreciate and comprehend the poem, and get a higher appreciation for poetry as a whole.
This quote is written / told by Jewel Kilcher somewhere between May 23, 1974 and today. He/she was a famous Musician from USA.
The author also have 24 other quotes.
"We don't attempt to have any theme for a number of the anthology, or to have any particular sequence. We just put in things that we like, and then we try to alternate the prose and the poetry"
"Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going"
"I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that"
