"Poetry is different from fiction. Poetry is not a lie that tells the truth. A poem must burn with a truth-seeking flame and be a little symphony of language, too. Often my poems contain real events and real details from life, but I don’t want them to be like diary entries. I want to create an imaginative world that seems to be entirely my own—neither confessional nor abstract," – Henri Cole
The Dish recently featured Cole's poem, "White Spine," here.
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