Comments on: Why poetry matters http://linebreak.org/blog/2009/11/19/why-poetry-matters/ A weblog from the editors of Linebreak Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: john guzlowski http://linebreak.org/blog/2009/11/19/why-poetry-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-720 john guzlowski Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:23:31 +0000 http://linebreak.org/blog/?p=1450#comment-720 Poetry for me slows time. The poet has found some kind of way of taking a period of time and freezing it, layering it, penetrating and thickening it. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," for example, takes place in about 3-4 minutes of time. Reading it and zoning into it, I suddenly find myself in 3-4 minutes that some how have taken on the experiential fullness of an afternoon or a weekend. I step back from the poem with a pop! Saying wow, that was heavy. Poetry for me slows time. The poet has found some kind of way of taking a period of time and freezing it, layering it, penetrating and thickening it.

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” for example, takes place in about 3-4 minutes of time. Reading it and zoning into it, I suddenly find myself in 3-4 minutes that some how have taken on the experiential fullness of an afternoon or a weekend.

I step back from the poem with a pop! Saying wow, that was heavy.

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