(430) This tension between the sheer power of poetry and the responsibility of genuine wisdom is still sometimes maintained in our fine arts, but rock, with its overt rejection of the fine, is usually unaware of the PWP. (firstthings.com)
It incorporates the characters and plot line of a novel, the descriptive power of poetry, the substance of a history lesson, the discursiveness of an essay, and the — often inadvertent — self - revelation of a memoir. (worldhum.com)
Former US poet laureate Robert Hass demonstrates the awe - inspiring power of poetry, in a series of readings that will make you say, «Whoa!» (greatergood.berkeley.edu)