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Book Review: Voices on the Wind by Daniel Leach

Book Review: Voices on the Wind by Daniel Leach

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Aug 12, 2021
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It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts. The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound – that he will never get over it. That is to say, permanence in poetry, as in love, is perceived instantly. It hasn’t to wait the test of time. The pro…

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