Poetic Obituaries: In a previous interview

with the Daily Wildcat, [Steve] Orlen expressed that charm and passion for poetry with reporter Kelsey Ahlmark in January 2008's "Faculty reading Thursday keeps with tradition."

"Any true poem should offer its reader paths through thought and intuition toward an altered awareness of his or her own life," he said. "I want my poems to speak directly to the reader. At the same time, I hope they complicate the thinking of anyone who reads them. My poems are out of a desire to ask questions, not to supply answers."

from Arizona Daily Wildcat: Steve Orlen, professor, dies from cancer
Then Isak: Remembering Steve Orlen (1942-2010)

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