Because the title poem is about one man's response to being infected with HIV, I can understand why readers would focus the book around the pandemic.
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The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions.John Barton
You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.
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I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.
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We work on extra points and field goals every day, every day. To have that let us down is very tough.
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An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.
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Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems.
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