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Coffee Times's avatar

Thank you for sharing these profound reflections. There is so much to unpack from this. I appreciate how you break down the beauty of poetry and its ability to transcend time and memory.

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Jack F.'s avatar

There's so much to unpack here. I love the definition of poetry as a heightened form of language, and the ultimate goal for any poet should be to create something that can be objectively called art. However, as someone who teaches poetry to middle schoolers and then gets to read what they compose, I consider their work as poetry, although, alas, no student of mine has crossed the magic threshold and produced art. My own truly amateur poetic efforts are a fair distance from art, but I'd like to think that they fall under some definition of poetry. But boy, would I like to learn more about how to make them unique, beautiful, and incantatory.

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