A 1-star Poetry Reading assignment: Poetry is meant to be read aloud. Select a poem – it can be a personal favorite or one you find randomly – and read it aloud in a way that itself makes it a story. Then at the ending of that poem extend it or connect it to a story — this has to be more than just reading a poem to be a story.

Bertolt Brecht, “Vergnügungen” [1954]

Der erste Blick aus dem Fenster am Morgen
Das wiedergefundene alte Buch
Begeisterte Gesichter
Schnee, der Wechsel der Jahreszeiten
Die Zeitung
Der Hund
Die Dialektik
Duschen, Schwimmen
Alte Musik
Bequeme Schuhe
Begreifen
Neue Musik
Schreiben, Pflanzen
Reisen
Singen
Freundlich sein.

Translation: Pleasures

The first view from the window in the morning
The newly found old book
Happy faces
Snow, the change of seasons
the newspaper
the dog
languages
Showering, swimming
old Music
comfortable shoes
understanding
new music
Writing, plants
travel
singing
Being kind.