Carolina QuotesThe poet is a particular kind of expert.
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“The poet is a particular kind of expert.” Robert Pinsky. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5ED47969A2. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5ed47969a2
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I think what holds a poem like this together for me, if it’s held together, is largely meter; this one is in iambic pentameter and iambic pentameter whatever else it is, can be a very good glue. It is a very good way to hold things together. It’s like 4:4 you know.
I am very interested in memorization which is the process of incorporating a poem, so, I would say the kind of poetry I write is the kind that emphasises the physical qualities of the words.
That physical tingle, that powerful audible experience(not with poets projecting their work to an audience) but more intimate, less planned than that.