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Born in 1984, Michael G. Donkin writes poetry and essays. He is now completing a dissertation on theories of poetry's past and its possible future. He has been teaching composition and Intro to Poetry at the University of Oregon. ...more

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Dreaming at Noon

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Poetry’s Desire to Attain the Validity of Music

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It is frustrating indeed that many will regard a written or recited poem as a disembodied piece of spirit—almost as a spirit without a body, and that one can succeed by the highest standard in fashioning a poem, only to find non-poetry lovers incapable of considering it a materially real object. In some cases, one might even feel that a poem has little reality at all, that it does not matter Read more of this blog post »
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