News at Eleven: "'Opaque' is a word that I use

to describe poems that I cannot enter, that offer absolutely no point of entry for any of their readers. I don't think a poem needs to have its front door flung open, so to speak, but it should have a way in for the reader. I believe that we write because we have a great desire to connect, to communicate, to make a bridge with language. If a poem doesn't do that for anyone but the person writing it, then why not just write it in your diary and leave it there?"--Keetje Kuipers

from Willamette Live: Poetry With a Way In: The Work of Keetje Kuipers

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