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ENG: Conversing with Poets

Guide to finding poetry for the Conversing with Poets assignment.

Cox Poetry Collection

The Cox Library has a print poetry collection found on the upper floor near the craft table. Search the catalog below for a particular poet, or just go browse the stacks. The act of browsing is the perfect method for finding a poet. 

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“A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”

~ Robert Frost