Rae Armantrout: Poetry in the Age of the Influencer S1 E9
Meditations with Zohar
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Poems Are a Training in Resisting Paranoia
Poems can be paranoia inducing in way. They make you think, i don't know what's really standing behind me. I should turn round and look more. It's a little bit like meditation, which i've only done a little of. You have to be able to put obtrusive thoughts aside. But you also have to stay awake, stay alert, stay attentive and wait. That almost sounds religious ri your you're waiting for a message from the void... And then something will occur.
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