CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

The poetry menu this week is a ballad, and most ballads are meant to be sung. This is one I often used in the classroom because I am a Johnny Cash fan. He did a cover of this on his final album, “American IV, The Man Comes Around.” It was fun to surprise the students, though, telling them this ballad was written by Sting. The British singer/songwriter was said to love old Westerns, so I am…