Show JOY OF POETRY IN YOUNG MIND writer urges cultivation of childs taste poetry like illie spinach spina cli has been called a 1 cultivated taste more than one harassed mother has given up the struggle to make junior or jane acquire a liking for either cither while the defense of spinach i en ts with somebody else in the parents 31 magazine agazine helen van velt pelt wll fon takes up the case tor for poetry you cant expect a child who has never seen a budding willow or an alder by the lie river miss daffy down dilly or a racing cloud to be very cry much interested in poems about them theiu yet by stimulating the senses by a ci instant appeal to sight smell sound touch and association I 1 have developed love of poetry in my little daughter not act et five years of age now a poem springs up to pany every act of lier her day to lie be sure daily walks in the country give the imaginative background for the hie nature poetry in which tills this wise alse mother coaches her small child yet in the city there are parks with trees flowing rivers and florists windows full of bright beauty in the city too 06 there are museums where birds and animals are even more easily seen than in the country rIc pictures tures well colored col oreil add to natures lore also there Is poetry in gigantic machines and the motion of city life why does docs it matter so much whether children love poetry asks mrs wilson and promptly ans answers Ners her own question to me poetry Is an eternal glory and shining light I 1 shall feel a lamentable failure if I 1 cant pass this joy along to my child poetry Is a refuge in time of material losses agony of grief thwarted ambitions there Is great comfort in rhythmic beauty poured over tue the troubled soul with convictions such as these no wonder mrs ills wilson feels feela that poetry Is the inalienable right of 0 eiery chi child from knowledge born of 0 her own experience she declares there Is spiritual kinship between poet and youngster both are imaginative curious full of wonder and idealism both love words tor for their own sake when it comes to selecting poetry for children much of 0 the choice should be left to the child the add acid test la Is the childs own liking claims mrs wilson Wil ile he sides this no laboratory proof no age or classroom list no nor can tand stand 1 I 1 like this and dont lets rend read eliat are the only true de terminators in conclusion she adds a word against keeping poetry just within the childs scope you will find junior and jane will enjoy much they cant entirely ander understand der stand particularly if the rhythm is strong its good for a child to stand on tiptoe now and alid then |