Poetry is not easy. Or should I say, real poetry is not easy.
Robert PinskyRead
Poetry is the most bodily of the arts.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Poetry engages the senses and emotions more viscerally than other art forms.
Robert Pinsky suggests that poetry uniquely connects with the physical and emotional aspects of human experience. Unlike other arts that may appeal to sight or sound alone, poetry encompasses the entire being, allowing individuals to feel, imagine, and resonate deeply with the words and rhythms employed.
Themes
PoetryArtEmotionBodyExpression
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the role of poetry in our lives, one might say, 'As Robert Pinsky stated, poetry is the most bodily of the arts, bringing our feelings to life.'
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New Jersey is the most poetic state: close enough to New York to be urban and cosmopolitan, far enough to be desirous and unsure; densely populated, but full of farms and woods, with the most deer of any state.
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For a lot of people, well-meaning teaching has made poetry seem arcane, difficult, a kind of brown-knotting medicine that might be good for you but doesn't taste so good. So I tried to make a collection of poetry that would be fun. And that would bring out poetry as an art, rather than the challenge to say smart things.
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'Write' is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think 'compose' is more accurate because you're trying to make the sounds in your mind and in your voice. So I compose while I'm driving or in the shower.
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