限时训练(十五)Ⅰ
阅读理解A话题:学习诗歌难度:★★IbeganwritingpoemsfifteenyearsagowhileIwasincollege
OnedayIwasinthelibrary,workingonatermpaper,whenIcameacrossabookofcontemporarypoetry
Idon’trememberthetitleofthebookoranyofthetitlesofthepoemsexceptone:“Frankenstein’sDaughter
”Thepoemwaswild,almostrude,andnothingliketherhyme-and-meterpoetryIhadreadinhighschool
Ihadalwaysthoughtthatpoetrywasflowerywritingaboutsunsetsandwalksonthebeach,butthatlibrarybookcontaineddirectandsometimesshockingpoetryaboutdogs,junkedcars,rundownhouses,andTVs
Icheckedthebookout,curioustoreadmore
Soonafterward,Istartedfillinganotebookwithmyownpoems
AtfirstIwasscared,partlybecausemypoetryteacher,towhomthisbookiswritten,wasaseriousandstrictmanwhocouldseetheerrorsinmypoems
Also,Irealizedtheseriousnessofmydevotion
Igaveupgeographytostudypoetry