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Title: Philosophical discovery poems?
Post by: laurenf58 on January 31, 2017, 03:43:14 pm
Hi!

I'm currently looking for a related text for the AOS Discovery. I'm thinking of a poem based on philosphical (self) discovery. Any suggestions of a good quality poem would be much appreciated!

Thanks so much!
Title: Re: Philosophical discovery poems?
Post by: ssarahj on January 31, 2017, 04:31:32 pm
Hi!

I'm currently looking for a related text for the AOS Discovery. I'm thinking of a poem based on philosphical (self) discovery. Any suggestions of a good quality poem would be much appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Hey Lauren,

Not sure if this would be what you're after however off the top of my head I immediately thought of a "chapter" of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet: On Self-Knowledge. Besides being absolutely beautiful to read poetically, Gibran infuses a lot of Christian philosophy and a bit of oriental/Lebanese influences so there's room to go in some cool directions in your analysis.

I'd be keen to hear other people's suggestions here! I think poetry is highly underrated as a related text choice!  😃
Title: Re: Philosophical discovery poems?
Post by: laurenf58 on January 31, 2017, 05:38:24 pm
Thank you!  :)