What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t?
Maybe what poetry accomplishes is it breaks down (or through) narratives. Narratives are so important for making sense of the world and of ourselves, but narratives are mostly not to be trusted. The stories we attach to are deceptive, and limiting, and they can be kind of a trap. Queer and feminist approaches have shown us this. And anyone who has ever seen a therapist or counselor quickly realizes the limits of their own perspective. What poetry does so well is hit on something visceral and universal, transcending the individual, and shattering the facts and logics that we cling to and hang our narratives on.
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