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In The Best Fiction, The Language Itself Can Become Almost Invisible.

I Don't Think Poetry Is Something That Can Be Taught. We Can Encourage Young Writers, But What You Can't Teach Them Is The Very Essence Of Poetry.

When You Have An Idea For A Story, You Want Those Characters To Reach As Many People As You Can. I Think You Normally Think Of Prose As A Way Of Doing That. It Fits Our Time, The Culture.

We Have A Lot Of Long Narrative Poems Written In The 20th Century, But They're Not Very Well Known, And They're Not Read By Very Many People.

Southern Poets Are Still Writing Narrative Poems, Poems In Forms, Dramatic Poems.