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Poetic Sensibilities by Natasha Trethewey

 


Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. Learn more about her here.

When I workshopped some poems with her at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, she shared with us her "Poetic Sensibilities".  They were genius, much like their author.  If I remember correctly, these sensibilities included:

  • Narrative Sensibility
  • Sonic Sensibility
  • Philosophical/Intellectual Sensibility 
  • Emotional Sensibility 
  • Architectural Sensibility
  • Visual Sensibility 


Let us take a moment to discuss these sensibilities as a means of discovering what we value in poems and why we value those attributes. Finally, let us try to use these "sensibilities" to discuss what we value and what can be strengthened in the poems we read and share.

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