I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, beca… — Quoted

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“I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.”

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Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Poetry

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You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.

Imagination

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My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.

Learning

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Have you ever heard a good joke? If you've ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you're already on the way to poetry. It's about using words in very precise ways and using gesture.

Poetry