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Left Behind [1]

Poetry [2]
5.12.20

“My current definition of poetry...is that a poem is the artifact or the trace that is left behind and created through the poet’s movement of mind over a problem or a situation,” says Kiki Petrosino in “Between Worlds [3],” an interview by India Gonzalez for Poets & Writers. “When we think about these problems, language is generated, and what we are left with is a poem.” Think of a problem or issue you have been struggling with—practically or emotionally—and write a poem inspired by this idea that poetry is language left behind by work done in the mind. How do these trace words combine to form a portrayal of your concerns?


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/left_behind_6 [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/poetry [3] https://www.pw.org/content/between_worlds_a_qa_with_poet_kiki_petrosino