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Meena Alexander Reads Gerald Stern

The New Yorker: Poetry

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The Breath and Voice in Poetry

The pull to an earlier life, the way memory works, the breath in poetry represents the voice, suits the image of music, and captures its essence existing in time and vanishing. The poem 'Adonis' explores the figure of a composer, embracing the mystery of reality. Mina Alexander reading this poem brings out its essence beautifully.

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