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Rebecca Rotert
Great question! Poetry is still my grounding rod, Ambrose. Reading it and writing it return me to the very heart of the venture of writing - the wrangling of detail, the attempt at an original direction. Poetry still changes everything for me. Last week I wrote a poem about migraines and I feel I have a new, much larger way to think about them and also to feel them when i have to. The poem will not remove the pain but it has enlarged the person (me) having it, haha. Isn't that what poetry does best?
I love a narrative energy/thread in a poem (if not a clear story, at least the resonance of one or the ghost of one) but this is not so popular in the world of poetry. Maybe it will come back, like parachute pants. Until then, brother.
ps-I'd love to know what poets you're reading these days.
I love a narrative energy/thread in a poem (if not a clear story, at least the resonance of one or the ghost of one) but this is not so popular in the world of poetry. Maybe it will come back, like parachute pants. Until then, brother.
ps-I'd love to know what poets you're reading these days.
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Jul 23, 2016 05:32AM · flag