How to Like Poetry - by Isaac Kolding - Amateur Criticism
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A sympathetic guide for the perplexed
Imagine that you are being chased by a cougar across the rim of the Grand Canyon. You would be surrounded by breathtaking beauty, but you wouldn’t even notice it. Now imagine that you are Mr. Moneybags, a rapacious mining executive. Standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon, your eyes would seek out streaks of blue and green on the rock faces: telltale signs of copper. You would see the Canyon not as an object of beauty or contemplation but as something that could be used. Now imagine that you are a tourist standing comfortably at the edge of the Grand Canyon. You’ve looked at plenty of…
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