“In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.”
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If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end.
No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?
I have always been very obsessed with time. Time's passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way, it can make us feel very alone.