Poetry's potency

Thanks for the new feature ``The Poetry Notebook.'' Throughout history poetry has afforded some of the most incisive and penetrating views of the world and mankind, and Americans - more than most people - need a greater exposure to it. Cooper Renner, Midland, Texas

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