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“It should not simplify.”

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Kate Stover

Up and down and up again – the changes in the temperature this spring have caught me off balance more than once. Uncertain times call for poetry, I think, and for contemplating the purpose of poetry. Seamus Heaney’s book The … Continue reading →

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“There is a great deal of poetry written and published today that turns its back (sometimes with apparent disdain) upon the reader.”

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Kate Stover

Who is poetry for?  What is its purpose?  If you like fist fights and barroom brawls, go ahead and ask poets and professors these questions.  You’ll see two sides emerge: One will agree with “the noted American poet” who said … Continue reading →

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