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The "glorious high-wire failure that seems only possible in poetry: making meaning by failing to fully make meaning, by graciously, despairingly, beautifully, capitulating to the ultimate unsayability and ultimate unknowability of it all." (!!)
— Oct 30, 2026 08:39PM
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Practical advice.."Poets, if you find yourselves worrying that your poems are not 'about' political matters, here is my suggestion: every single time you feel that worry, finish your poem, make it as beautiful as you can, and then do some kind of concrete action. Regardless of how poets feel about aesthetic matters, we all agree we are citizens. We have the same obligations to activism and engagement as anyone else."
— Nov 01, 2026 08:29PM