It is the nature of poetry to emphasize that the physical sounds of words come from a particular body, one at a time, in a particular order. (Robert Pinsky)

It is the nature of poetry to emphasize that the physical sounds of words come from a particular body, one at a time, in a particular order.

Robert Pinsky

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