. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it i — Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
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. . .criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it is there, shaping how we hear.

— Annie Finch, The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
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