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Poets Cannot Hide

Wallace Stevens said: "Poetry is not personal." He tried never to divulge anything about himself in his poems. Or so he said. But, the work is self-revelatory, veiled confessions, repeated choices -- water, sea motion, weather, the sky -- introspective isolation -- those silences and descriptive phrases that communicate and characterize. Human, no one -- especially not poets -- can really hide.

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Date: 2/18/2025 11:47:00 AM
Great piece. It rings of truth. Enjoyed immensely.
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