We read, we travel, we become.
The poem is itself a mirror.
The first thing we have to do is get rid of the pentameter. To ditch the pentameter.
Art is History's nostalgia, it prefers a thatched roof to a concrete factory, and the huge church above a bleached village.
The thing that is believed is a reality.
Americans are not brought up with meter. They're not brought up with poetry. If you try to get them to recite, they're too embarrassed.