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"There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world." — A. R. Ammons

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
A. R. Ammons
A. R. Ammons Poet • American
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I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.
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If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'
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Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.
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Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
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