Poetic critique – is that not an oxymoron? Do these two forms of behavior, the poetic and the critical, not pull in different, even opposite, directions? For

Poetic critique - is that not an oxymoron? Do these two forms of behavior - the poetic and the critical - not pull in different, even opposite, directions? For

"The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance"--

The discussion of each poem attends to the complexity of the poem's utterance, its historical contexts, and its broader implications for cultural meaning.Victor

"Exquisite . . . A powerful example of how to carry the things that define us without being broken by them." --WASHINGTON POST