Via an entertaining article on writing about poetry and the admitted awesomeness of Keats comes this breathless and little-deathless blurb:
“Only rarely do lay readers experience poems as a cross between an orgasm and a heart attack.” —David Orr, the New York Times
I’m not only happy not to be a mere lay reader, but proud of [...]

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Thanks to a reference by Reginald Shepherd I discovered Robert Philen’s blog. Why is his name so familiar to me? Anyway, a lot of fun reading to be had there (before I go on, a nod toward his entertaining and oh-so-true post on why punk rock is so boring). I recommend checking out his favorite [...]

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