A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does. (Robert Morgan)

A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.

Robert Morgan

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