"The arts are what help us make a coherent whole out of chaos. In two years I was on the road 13 months all over this state, and am more convinced than ever, that people are looking for what poetry has to offer. They just don’t know it. Most people who say ‘No’ to poetry don’t know what they are saying no to." ~ Sam Green, former Washington State Poet Laureate
Recently, poet and educator Laura Shovan sent me a poem by Sam Green and said, "I thought of you when I saw this."
Laura posted one of his other poems, "If You Had To," a couple of weeks ago as part of her ongoing Poet Laureate Series, which sparked an interesting discussion about how poetry has long been a "hard sell" when it comes to mainstream thinking. Why do so many people reject, out of hand, the one thing they need the most?
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