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is a device that records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. (Diane Ackerman)

is a letter in a bottle thrown out to the sea that it may somehow wash up somewhere, perhaps on the shoreline of the heart.

A poem, being an instance of language, hence essentially dialogue, may be a letter in a bottle thrown out to the sea with the-surely not always strong-hope that it may somehow wash up somewhere, perhaps on the shoreline of the heart. In this way, too, poems are en route: they are headed towards. Toward what' Toward something open, inhabitable, an approachable you, perhaps, an approachable reality. Such realities are, I think, at stake in a poem. Paul Celan

is a private story, after all, no matter how apparently public. The reader is always overhearing a confession.

A poem is a private story, after all, no matter how apparently public. The reader is always overhearing a confession. Jorie Graham

is a sad thing because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

the poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. john ashbery

is a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.

For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.

is almost like someone whispering to another person, or you hear the whispering in your head.

To me, a poem is almost like someone whispering to another person, or you hear the whispering in your head. I hope with my own poems that the reader feels a connection, soul to soul, that'll help us all feel a little less alone on the planet. And it does have the power to direct change. A writer can make the word 'dark' be something positive. You can relieve a word like 'hysterical' of its misogynistic implications. You can make the language your own. That's what poetry is about.

is an opportunity to interrogate oneself a little bit.

for me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit. tracy k. smith

is bound by language, but a poetics is not.

a poem is bound by language, but a poetics is not.

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