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My Favorite Poems for First-Year Students

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“Are those handouts for us?” my student asked, gesturing toward the copies of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 that I’d carried into class. “Nope,” I replied. “They’re for the Brit lit class that I teach after yours.” “Oh, OK.” he said, disappointedly. 

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  1. Nicole, It was refreshing to pause and read these poems. Your comments and coaxing transform these poems into ideas students can contemplate and make their own. Thank you for sharing this.

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