“'You don’t have to prove anything,' my mother said. 'Just be ready for what God sends.'” -- William Stafford //
"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?” -- Emily Dickinson //
"It's hard not to believe that poetry is a part of life." //
"If I'm writing about something, I try to make myself a foreigner to that space....to see things as wonderful that I might see as regular." //
Dolapo Demuren is a poet and a doctorate student in educational leadership. He has taught every grade level but ninth grade. //
On Episode #115 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Dolapo discuss teaching every grade level, Saint Ann's School in Brookyln, 'The Menu' (2022), the importance of the arts, "The Day Lady Died" by Frank O'Hara, the "flow state" of poetry, Vincent van Gogh, Gwendolyn Brooks, committing poetry to memory, William Stafford's poetry, and some poems Dolapo is working on. //
Thank you to our producers, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //
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