tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369945627807634027.post6495928362530322218..comments2023-08-28T08:11:20.733-07:00Comments on Antisocial Social Worker: Social Work PoetryantiSWerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500867187473208284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369945627807634027.post-31364866830726480902008-08-19T13:15:00.000-07:002008-08-19T13:15:00.000-07:00I love the social work poem, even though I also ha...I love the social work poem, even though I also have historically had a rocky relationship with poetry. I think poetry is better when it's gritty though--enter: social workers. Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369945627807634027.post-28955674017420410612008-08-17T22:53:00.000-07:002008-08-17T22:53:00.000-07:00I, too, have trouble with poetry. Always have.I, too, have trouble with poetry. Always have.Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310224569736431703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369945627807634027.post-84124580384142609202008-08-17T13:51:00.000-07:002008-08-17T13:51:00.000-07:00I agree very much that there is a lot to be learnt...I agree very much that there is a lot to be learnt from poetry. I actually did a presentation using a couple of poems that unfortunately I can't reproduce for copyright reasons (The Interrogator and Night Sister by Elizabeth Jennings - quite hard to find copies online though). I think there is a way that poetry can be much better at describing emotions and emotive reactions than prose. It has a far more fluid tone that leads itself more wholly to the internal thought processes without having to worry about the constraints of grammar or accepted written form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com