weary blues

english teacher made the kids memorize this poem and then recite it a week or so later. they were surprisingly (to me) into it, but why shouldn't they have been. what surprised me was the excitability they showed, especially the boys, practicing in other classes as the readings got closer. poetry is a great device for teaching reading- rhythm, rhyme, repetition, and phrasing. comprehension is a whole other lesson.
this other stuff is bonus footage/tangents found while searching for the poem.





one of the comments on this video posed: "is there any better video to accompany this song?"