different in tone and story, both exemplify how poetry, like memory itself, can reside in the infinite, overwhelming realm between the powerful dead and the living who hear their voice or feel their touch.
(Michael Collier's poem is from his book "Dark Wild Realm." Houghton Mifflin. Copyright © 2006 by Michael Collier. Victoria Chang's poem is from her book "Circle." Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. Copyright © 2005 by Victoria Chang.)
from Robert Pinsky: The Washington Post: Poet's Choice
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