Poetry, just because it is poetry, doesn't mean it is some kind of magic spell.
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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
Seeing Shakespeare in the Park, for me, it's just this side of feeling like you've witnessed some kind of magic. It's this spell that you're under, to be part of that!
Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there.
Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory.
Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.
There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from.
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.
Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.
First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
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