"The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions."

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"The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions."

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"I feel very connected to poets across the country."

Nation

"I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance."

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"Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses."

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"The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight."

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"In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change."

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"No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?"

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"The community of poets I belong to is not as close as it used to be, if only for the fact that our lives have become busier: jobs, children, and the like."

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"Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them."

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