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Mark Strand · Humor

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Mark Strand

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.

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Mark Strand

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

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Mark Strand

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.

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Mark Strand

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

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