What is Poetry? 10 observations about the art - (Dana Gioia)
@DanaGioiaPoet
PoetryLanguageArt
The first talk in Gioia’s introductory series on the art of poetry. In ten compact observations he lays out what poetry actually is: an art older than literacy, rooted in sound, rhythm, and memory rather than the printed page. Against the classroom habit of treating poems as puzzles to be decoded, he argues for poetry as a way of using language at its fullest — charged with music, emotion, and meaning at once.
