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"Why read poetry? Can there be an answer to this question? Why do we
whistle? Why do we listen to rain? Why does George W. Bush often repeat
his last phrase? It has something to do with necessary rhythm and the
hard
wired human urge to words. Anything more grand as a motive ought to be
investigated by a grand jury."
Tom VanderVen
IU South Bend
Poetry is the greatest of all the arts because of the way
it allows us to use language. It allows us to feel language
as well as to hear it. We can find a self in poetry, and we
can also create one.
Phyllis Moore-Whitesell
IU South Bend
Comments: homepgs@indiana.edu
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