An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.
“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
“We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.”