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October 3, 2008 Brian Advice to a Prophet, Richard Wilbur

How should we dream of this place without us?

That's the line from Richard Wilbur's "Advice to a Prophet" that really jumps out at me--line ten, just over a quarter of the way through the poem--and it stays with me through the end. I used this poem in my creative writing class this morning as an example for their next prompt (yes, I give … Continue reading How should we dream of this place without us?

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