Poetry doesn’t exist to give you prose. It’s this other thing. It is something that has to do with the sound of words, the sound of letters, the spaces between words, letters, how words connect to the mind and to the throat at the same time.
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Poems, Prose, Photos & the Art of Being Human
Elizabeth Oakley Weaver 
I love your phrases “spaces between words.” I love the pauses that poetry requires of us. Nice, don’t you think?
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I agree. Alice Motley describes poetry’s sensual essence perfectly. Thank you for your reflection.
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