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John Barr

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What is a Poem, Anyway?

A Collection of Short Essays on Poetry

My new book The Subcutaneous Art is available in paperback and Kindle.

I’ve spent a long time thinking about what a poem is. The short essays in my new book The Subcutaneous Art grew out of that thinking. The essays are written for readers who care about language, not just for poets. In the book I reflect on questions such as, what is a poem? What distingui

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