“The medium of poetry is not words, the medium of poetry is not lines-it is the motion of air inside the human body, coming out through the chest and the voice box and through the mouth to shape sounds that have meaning. It's bodily.” HumansBodySoundVoiceLinesAirShapesMouthsBoxesMediumsPoetry IsChestsComing OutHuman Body Author:Robert Pinsky
“Poetry’s medium is the individual chest and throat and mouth of whoever undertakes to say the poem.” IndividualMouthsMediumsChestsThroat Author:Robert Pinsky
“The medium of poetry is a human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is just as physical or bodily an art as dancing.” HumansArtBodySoundAirMouthsDancingMediumsPoetry IsChestsHuman BodyColumnsSignifying Book:The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide Source: The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide
