What makes for a good comparison? And is it the same to ask: what makes for an interesting proximity of things, feelings, descriptions, and ideas?
When John Keats said "If poetry comes not as easily as leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all," he wasn't suggesting that poems should come quickly: after all, that is not how leaves come
Form in poetry helps us to shape language, to channel our obsessions and memories, to give rise to the unexpected in our writing.
Form in poetry helps us to shape language, to channel our obsessions and memories, to give rise to the unexpected in our writing.
Form in poetry helps us to shape language, to channel our obsessions and memories, to give rise to the unexpected in our writing.
The great-grandparents of American poetry, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, gave us conflicting advice about poetic style.
The great-grandparents of American poetry, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, gave us conflicting advice about poetic style.
The great-grandparents of American poetry, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, gave us conflicting advice about poetic style.
Friday, March 25 6:00-9:00pm
Saturday March 26 Noon-5:00pm
Friday, March 25 6:00-9:00pm
Saturday March 26 Noon-5:00pm
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