Pedagogy forum, week 6

I have been reflecting on my notes from the Ned Balbo and Jane Satterfield poetry reading on August 22. I thought that Satterfield had an interesting way of combining very different events. Her piece on the X-Files and girl scouts brought the past as a little girl at an FBI shooting range together with the strange and questioning nature of a sci-fi TV program. One line that stood out: "What were we doing there?" simultaneously applies to the show and the childhood. She did the same thing with Heathcliff from Gone with the Wind and contemporary life. I'm going to try to use this strategy in developing my poetry through calisthenics. One thing that disappointed me with the performances was how low they both spoke. I feel that reading poetry should be clearly audible and with inflection so as to engage one's audience.