tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post2233750991869679195..comments2023-09-12T09:09:08.656-07:00Comments on Well-Read Donkey: Shawna Yang Ryan: Once Upon A Time...Aggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745258157624796110noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-75227681635375180242009-05-01T18:49:00.000-07:002009-05-01T18:49:00.000-07:00Well of course you want that child-like wonder res...Well of course you want that child-like wonder response. When the reader has a physical reaction to the words on the page. Words on a page cannot do us physical harm yet we sometimes react as though they can. The emotional pull of something that a part of us knows is not true. Of course, children may not be fully aware of that, but they know what they are hearing is a story.<br /><br />People ought to like poetry the way a child likes snow and they would if poets wrote it.<br />--Wallace Stevensrobphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139515613226908345noreply@blogger.com