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A metaphor is a sign of desperation when we need another world to describe what we are feeling. Metaphors are about desperation and safety. We call out to metaphor because a metaphor makes us feel safe.

— Jericho Brown

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It is the hardest thing to take chaos and make order of it. Poetry is a veil in front of a heart beating at a very fast pace.

A poem should go beyond what you already know, and if it’s going to go beyond what you already know, a poem might say something that begins to have you question what side you’re on, which, in turn, might begin to have an audience question what side you’re on…

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