The gap between pop and poetry isn’t as wide as you’d think. Bridging the space between Shakespearean sophistication and the pop sensations of the last couple of decades seems like it’d require a scholar with a knack for cultural reach.  As it turns out, all you need is an ear for music and a Tumblr account.

Erik Didriksen runs the Pop Sonnets Tumblr, and as you'll see, the line between high art and the tunes of the kids today is a pointedly perforated one. And hey, if the centuries spanning the difference between the heyday of the Rose Theatre and this era’s soda-sponsored stages still can’t erase the similarities of pervading culture, think of what that must mean for your and your TXGU students. Finding common ground just got a lot easier.