Physics and poetry might seem like an unlikely pair, but both are rooted in structure, rhythm and precision. Both rely on clarity – distilling complex ideas into their simplest, most elegant form. And ...

read the poems in order, understanding a book's design is a way to deepen one's experience of the book. I like the idea of gesture (Latin, to carry) as a trope for a book's organization: How does the ...

“The first is the voice of the poet talking to himself—or to nobody. The second is the voice of the poet addressing an audience, whether large or small. The third is the voice of the poet when he ...