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Ron Stewart's avatar

Is it really that difficult? Writing poetry is a word game. Words and phrases prompt images. The poet plays with the anticipated reactions. The better the choice of word, the better the image. The better the thought behind the word choice, the better the poem.

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J. Tullius's avatar

Maybe a look at Wilbur's The Beautiful Changes would make for an interesting connection to that final Bloom quotation.

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