Daily Quotes
Poetry makes language care because it renders everything intimate. This intimacy is the result of the poem’s labor, the
Dec 10,2020
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Poetry makes language care because it renders everything intimate. This intimacy is the result of the poem’s labor, the result of the bringing-together-into-intimacy of every act and noun and event and perspective to which the poem refers. There is often nothing more substantial to place against the cruelty and indifference of the world than this caring.
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