
BONUS: Truth-seeking and the Symphony of Language with Henri Cole
Poetry Unbound
Artistic Expression Over Autobiography
The speaker aims for their poems to sound effortlessly spoken, although they admit that if recited as sentences in a casual setting, it might appear odd. The presence of 'self' in the poem is discussed, where the speaker both reveals themselves and points away from themselves. Despite the autobiographical elements, the speaker finds the art-making impulse of creating poems with literary techniques like similes to be more captivating and exciting than the personal aspects, which are somewhat embarrassing to them.
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