Jack Gilbert
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Reading Jack Gilbert’s ‘In Dispraise of Poetry’ in jail.
We can be haunted by our differences, our gifts. At times, we haunt others for theirs.
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On asymmetry and ‘The Hatred of Poetry.’
Like you, the people in jail have stories to tell.
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On psychotropic drugs and optimism.
An optimist can’t help but see the world as it could be.
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On goals and Jack Gilbert’s “Failing and Falling.”
We either fail to reach our goals … or they fail us. Striving is fine, but we should enjoy the process of life.
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