POETRY-an oral art (A Strand Critique Book 7)

The essence of poetry is the reader , Strand says in this, his seventh ebook in this critique series, participating with the poet . The communication between the two, thereby completes it, making it an experience in itself .Strand contends in this thought provoking ebook, that if a poem is not heard aloud it is as lifeless as a butterfly in a cocoon. When it is read aloud , it lives .True poetry is self-transcending in its inspiration but it remains a 'work in progress' without being read