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  QUOTABLE POETRY SERIES LAUNCH: Archive Treasures 103

  “Being geniuses together (to borrow the phrase from Kay Boyle’s and Robert McAlmon’s classic memoir) makes it possible for human beings to serve as each other’s heroes rather than simply function as each other’s antagonistic nemeses.”–Aberjhani (from the essay 5 Ways to be Geniuses Together)

  May 9, 2025
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  War-time Powers and Persuasions of Poetry

  “Through metaphors, imagery, and rhythm, poetry can engage our emotions, intellect, and imagination in a manner that prose often cannot. It is this ability that makes poetry a valuable medium for exploring the intricate sociological and philosophical aspects of war…”

  October 21, 2023
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  Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment (part 4): Rainer Maria Rilke

  “Like the other poets in this series, Jalal al-Din Rumi and Gwendolyn Brooks, Rilke in his writings does not dwell on the word compassion per se. He strives to embody it…” –Aberjhani

  October 27, 2021
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  The Compassionate Poetic Genius of Gwendolyn Brooks

  Welcome to the revised Part 3 of Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment. This revision is presented to correct technological difficulties encountered with the previous upload. Thank you for your patience and please enjoy the episode: June 7, 2017, marked the centennial of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks, (she…

  October 10, 2021