Why is poetry important?
In a world where we’re constantly being bombarded by and confronted by limits—whether they be environmental, personal, political—poetry is important because it provides a space for us to imagine beyond, to push boundaries, to brush up against im/possibilities. It doesn’t require us to have all the answers, but challenges us to move beyond the need to have those answers in the first place, and proliferate the possibilities instead. It does not rescue us from the discomforts of the world, or the trials of being human, but it does offer us critical tools to survive it all: namely, resistance, love, play, and community.
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