PreTeena by Allison Barrows for December 04, 2013

Yes. I learned poetry at home before I ever went to school.

People are naturally poetic. Just as they’re naturally musical. What we learn in school is the accumulated material and knowledge of the previous generations, upon which we build. Without it, we’d still be doing poetry and music – just different.

I never understood poetry.

and when did Jeri learn the word “Contrary”?

Randy limericks would still exist.

Love me some randy limericks.

There was a young woman named Mary Who was ripe for some Tom, Dick, or Harry. But not any old clod, Only rich ones, by God, For her system was strict cash-and-carry.

I remember the Encyclopaedia Britannica defining poetry as something like: the part removed when the translation is complete.