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I consider a poem to be a kind of experiment where a number of elements are brought together under test conditions to see how they will interact to create meaning or relevance.

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I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.

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The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken.

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The reader's challenge is to replicate the experiment by reading the poem and to draw their own conclusions.

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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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Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.

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No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?

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Reading should be a repeat performance.

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You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.

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Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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