Quotes I’ve Saved and Why–#1
C.D. Wright: “Poetry is language that sounds better and means more.” [This is first in a series in which I take some quotes I’ve collected over time and try to figure out why I saved them.] What is meant by “sounds better” has been exhaustively examined by every Introduction to Poetry book ever written, plus a passel of poets like C.D. Wright. Here is the beginning of one of Wright’s poems, “Why Ralph Refuses to Dance”: He would have to put out his smoke. At this time of year the snakes are slow and sorry-acting His ice would melt. He’d lose his seat. you...
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