from Poetry:
…in “The Origin of the Work of Art,” he issues a particular invitation to poets, arguing that poetry is in some way the model for all other art forms, and the exemplary activity of human beings. The poet, he writes, “uses the word—not, however, like ordinary speakers and writers who have to use them [...]

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Lately I’ve started memorizing poems– just short, favorite, mostly rhyming poems that I’ve always loved by Shelley, Hopkins, Cummings, etc.
It started as something to do during the interminable walks I’ve started going on in an attempt to work some exercise into my otherwise sedentary lifestyle, but it’s become an important part of my day.
As a [...]

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