Welcome to week five of the #WalkMyworld Project.

Actually, I would be more correct in calling this “Learning Event 5.” It might seem like a small change, but we’ve had people from all over the globe joining us on the project. We’ve also had people joining us in waves…and some joining us this week. To save us all from confusion, you’ll hear us refer to “learning events.” Without further ado, let’s get to the action!!!

Last week we asked you to continue sharing your images, videos, and audio clips online to Twitter using the #WalkMyWorld hashtag. Last week also began the shift to thinking about poetry and how it sometimes allows us to re-examine our world. We introduced you all to Robert Hass, and many of you had some incredible examinations of this intersection. In learning event 5, we’ll continue to explore the work of Robert Hass, and identify connections between his work, and our “worlds.” Please review Greg McVerry’s blog post from earlier tonight on more of the specifics for this week.

Last week in introducing you to Robert Hass, many of you started off by examining the poem, Meditation at Lagunitas.

This week we ask that you focus your thoughts, works, and expressions of identity on the poem Letter to a Poet.

Letter to a Poet

• What words or phrases spoke to you and influence the overall meaning of the poem?
• What does this poem suggest about human connections and isolation?
• What does Hass suggest about the ways we are, and are not, part of the world?
• How do your walks demonstrate a connection  or isolation to the natural world?

As an extra layer of support, and to entice you all to examine, and annotate poetry collaboratively, we uploaded this piece to PoetryGenius. You can find “Letter to a Poet” here.

For those of you still on learning event 4, you can find Meditation at Lagunitas here.

Originally posted at http://wiobyrne.com/week-five-of-the-walkmyworld-project/

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