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is (much like with the taste of the apple which lies in the contact of the fruit with the palate, not in the fruit itself) such that the aesthetic act and thrill lies in the meeting of poem and reader in the act of reading.

The taste of the apple . . . lies in the contact of the fruit with the palate, not in the fruit itself... in a similar way . . . poetry lies in the meeting of poem and reader, not in the lines of symbols printed on the pages of a book. What is essential is the aesthetic act, the thrill, the almost physical emotion that comes with each reading. Jorge Luis Borges

is, unlike an editorial, unable to be translated, for one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin.

One can translate an editorial but not a poem. For one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin... for, unlike clothes, one cannot get a new skin.

is a call to action, and it also is action.

poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.

is a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual.

I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual. Miller Williams

is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were.

poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were.

is a disinterested use of words: it does not address a reader directly.

a disinterested use of words: it does not address a reader directly.

is a dissociating and anarchic force which (through analogy, associations and imagery) thrives on the destruction of known relationships.

Poetry is a dissociating and anarchic force which through analogy, associations and imagery, thrives on the destruction of known relationships. Antonin Artaud

is a domestic art, most itself when most at home.

poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home. seamus heaney

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