Tuesday, October 17, 2006

News at Eleven: Language is what separates poetry

from music, he [Donald Hall] says, "because language has this everyday meaning, and we use the same language we use in our everyday speech. But we shape it into a work of art." He reads from his poem "The Poem" to illustrate:

from Voice of America: Donald Hall Takes Helm as New US Poet Laureate

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