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This Is a Poem That Heals Fish: An Almost Unbearably Wonderful Picture-Book About How Poetry Works Its Magic
“A poem … is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth.”
“Poetry can break open locked chambers of possibility, restore numbed zones to feeling, recharge desire,” Adrienne Rich wrote in contemplating the cultural power of poetry.
But what is a poem, really, and what exactly is its use?
Every once in a while, you stumble upon something so lovely, so…