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    The Program The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see—it is, rather, a light by which we may see—and what we see is life. — Robert Penn Warren Unitarian Universalism has always embraced poetry as a call to worship.
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    Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, “Pull the Next One Up,” by Marc Kelly Smith Journals and pens/pencils Preparation for Activity Photocopy Handout 1, “Pull the Next One Up,” one for each participant. Description of Activity Distribute Handout 1, “Pull the Next One...
    Activity | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Anna Swir, "The Same Inside," translated by Czeslaw Milosz and Leonard Nathan, from Talking to My Body. English translation copyright © 1996 by Czeslaw Milosz and Leonard Nathan....
    Handout | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Leonard Nathan, "Bladder Song" from The Day the Perfect Speakers Left (C)1969 by Leonard Nathan and reprinted by permission of Wesleyan University Press.On a piece of toilet paper Afloat in the unflushed piss, The fully printed lips of a woman. Nathan, cheer up! The sewer Sends you a big red kiss.
    Handout | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    A CHANGE IS GONNA COME. Words and Music by SAM COOKE. Copyright 1964 (Renewed) ABKCO MUSIC, INC. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC.These are the lyrics to a song you will hear....
    Handout | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    "Poem for the Young White Man Who Asked Me How I, an Intelligent, Well-Read Person Could Believe in the War Between Races" is from Emplumada, by Lorna Dee Cervantes, copyright 1982. All rights are controlled by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Used by permission of the...
    Handout | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Excerpted from Chattanooga by Ishmael Reed (New York: Random House, 1973). Permission granted by Lowenstein Associates, Inc.If I had a nickel For all the women who've Rejected me in my life I would be the head of the World Bank with a flunkie To hold my derby as i Prepared to fly chartered Jet to...
    Handout | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Shu Ting (1952- ), translated by Carolyn Kizer, from Carrying Over: Poems from the Chinese, Urdu, Macedonian, Yiddish, and French African. Copyright 1988 by Carolyn Kizer. Used by permission of Copper Canyon Press, www.coppercanyonpress.org.Perhaps...
    Handout | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of the inSpirit: UU Book and Gift Shop, Skinner House, and Beacon Press catalogs, one for every 3-4 participants Optional: A computer with Internet access Preparation for Activity You can request multiple copies of these catalogs by Internet...
    Activity | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Billy Collins, "Introduction to Poetry" from The Apple That Astonished Paris. Copyright 1988, 1996 by Billy Collins. Used by permission of the University of Arkansas Press, www.uapress.com.I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I...
    Handout | October 28, 2014 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    We welcome your critique of this program, as well as your suggestions. Thank you for your feedback! Your input improves programs for all of our congregations....
    October 28, 2014 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    We welcome your critique of this program, as well as your suggestions. Thank you for your feedback! Your input improves programs for all of our congregations....
    October 28, 2014 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    This program utilizes poems that are concerned with elements of the spiritual life: acute observation, conscious and continuous inquiry, the unveiling of reality, hope and hopelessness, the afterlife, and the tenderness of the human condition.
    Curriculum | By Karen Harris | December 7, 2011 | For High School, Middle School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Please complete the evaluation form and return it to a workshop leader. My favorite part of Exploring Our Values through Poetry was ... My least favorite part of Exploring Our Values through Poetry was ... I wish we had more time to ... Something that would have made this program better is ......
    Handout | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, Exploring Our Values through Poetry Evaluation Pens Journals Preparation for Activity Photocopy Handout 1, Exploring Our Values through Poetry Evaluation, one for each participant....
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Journals Pens or pencils Blank thank-you cards Postage stamps (optional) Preparation for Activity To add a celebratory note to this final meeting, consider having refreshments. Program leaders can either provide them or ask families in advance to...
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Two books that might be useful to youth who decide to write poetry as a spiritual practice: Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1986. McDowell, Robert. Poetry as Spiritual Practice. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 2008.
    October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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    Find time to celebrate with your co-leaders and reflect upon the entire program experience. The information from the evaluations should help you. The religious educator in your congregation might appreciate your comments on how the semester progressed.
    October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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