In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future.
Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.
Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.
At school, I was never given a sense that poetry was something flowery or light. It's a complex and controlled way of using language. Rhythms and the music of it are very important. But the difficulty is that poetry makes some kind of claim of honesty.
Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it.
Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.
What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it.
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