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A poem is something that occurs, a poem takes place, in a reader's voice.

— Robert Pinsky

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Here a poem isn't just words sitting on a page; it's an event that happens when someone reads it in their own voice. The speaker places the poem in the reader's voice, so each reading is where the poem actually takes place.

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