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Jon Sands's avatar

"I understand the gesture. The feeling of wanting to express something beyond language and definitely beyond the language of commerce and surviving capitalism is why I sit down to write in the first place." Love this (whole post).

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José Olivarez's avatar

Appreciate you bro. 💙

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teatablepoet's avatar

Hey there.

One thing I have been learning about poetry, within both my reading and writing practice:

.Poetry comes about from the deep and implicit parts of our perceptions. And as you complete the depiction of a theme you never knew you knew, you find that you're audience has related to your confession.

Just as the poem might make the audience uncomfortable to read. It also reminds the poet of the burden he needs to bear, or might have already bor- In order to speak it's truth.

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José Olivarez's avatar

I like this a lot and agree. In my practice, the subconscious rises

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jp thorn's avatar

I got to see Saul in 2007 at the University of Kentucky— quite a small world because he is also the reason that I started writing poetry. My copy of ,said the shotgun to the head and s/he have been with me for a very long time!!

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José Olivarez's avatar

I love those books. That must have been an awesome show. I should probably reread those books soon!

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