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For thousands of years it was understood to be the responsibility of poetry to tell stories - public and private, real and imagined. From The Iliad to The Wasteland poets sought to impose a compelling narrative shape on events.
Today, poetry is arguably the least effective way of telling a story. Cinema is better at action, theatre is better at dialogue and novels are better at psychology and plot.
In a world of so many noisy competing narratives, how can poets still tell stories? Or rather, what kind of stories should a poet try to tell? Jokes that pack a punch-line? Fables that pack a punch? Bukowski-like anecdotes? Wild and entertaining inventions?
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