…often poetic forms, even non-rhyming ones, are about end words. I don’t like to think of end words as the point of the line—the break is not more central to the line than the rest of the unit—but there is, yes, something significant about those ultimate words. They need a little more courage, hanging out right at the edge of the void.
—Elisa Gabbert, “Cross-talk,” The New York Times Book Review, Oct. 15, 2023
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