The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky

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The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky"Poetry is a vocal, which is to say a bodily, art," Robert Pinsky declares in The Sounds of Poetry. "The medium of poetry is the human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is as physical or bodily an art as dancing." As Poet Laureate, Pinsky is one of America's best spokesmen for poetry. In this fascinating book, he explains how poets use the "technology" of poetry

/ the salt and sauce defeating you

Dead Man’s Cell Phone

then we kill a cop

Ahmaud Arbery

and the opportunity for global solidarity amongst people who are marginalized or outside of the norm

In other words

Teebs feels compelled towards “boys

Perfect for staying warm during those long

Salma reads the girl’s future in a cup of coffee dregs

[is] swabbed in light

we see Greenwich Village

But I was shy:her beauty was like a language she didn’t speak and had never heard