What Sparks Poetry:
Charles Baxter on Theodore Roethke's "The Meadow Mouse"
"When a poem begins to pile up the similes, comparing an object to multiple other objects, there’s going to be trouble. Multiple similes signify instability. An emotional shift is likely to take place, a disappearance or a metamorphosis. What we get in the second part of 'The Meadow Mouse' is a disappearance." |
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Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland’s First Poet Laureate
“An actor, playwright, poet and producer, her work is deeply personal and political, but not in an individualistic sense. Her productions spotlight marginalized peoples, telling stories about threatened communities, often written by artists who themselves are pushed to the edges of American theater."
via EAST BAY EXPRESS |
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