[Unedited] Richard Blanco with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Poetry and the Politics of Poetry
i've experienced in my lifetime how poetry rises up in culture after culture, especially in moments of crisis. And i also feel like poetry leaves room for silence, and poetry am makes room for questions that are unanswerable. I don't know where the hotel california is, oa ta gather, but i love that song. All, everybody has a favorite poem, rightand we can read that poem over and over again. We rarely go back and read, not re read novels or memoir and it's like music. You can always hear your favorite song oar over it. Well. It would be really fine. But we're ging tochangeweg r in
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