. . . All verse should have two obligations: to communicate
a precise instance and to touch us physically,
as the presence of the sea does. . . .
~ Jorge Luis Borges
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Quoted from Prologue from La rosa profunda (The Unending Rose, 1975) in Jorge Luis Borges: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics Deluxe, 2000), Edited by Alexander Coleman
Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine Poet, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Translator
Ronald Christ, "Jorge Luis Borges, The Art of Fiction No. 39", Interview, The Paris Review, Winter-Spring 1967
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Always good to read a quote from the master poet, Senor Borges, to remind us lesser poets what it is we are striving for and to know when we have achieved this art form called poetry. Thank you.
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