Poetryโs medium is the individual chest and throat and mouth of whoever undertakes to say the poem.
Robert PinskyIn jazz, as in poetry, there is always that play between whatโs regular and whatโs wild. That has always appealed to me.
Robert PinskyThe medium of poetry is a human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is just as physical or bodily an art as dancing.
Robert Pinsky