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Unread 08-11-2024, 09:31 PM
Susan McLean Susan McLean is offline
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Jim, it was good to hear what you connected to, what was ambiguous, and your feelings about both. I think a certain level of ambiguity is good, because it lets readers bring their own ideas into the poem, instead of just listening to the author's ideas. A poem like this is more about imagination than about facts.

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