in a sense, all poetry is positional: to try to express one's position…

Vladimir Nabokov
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in a sense, all poetry is positional: to try to express one's position in regard to the universe embraced by consciousness, is an immemorial urge. The arms of consciousness reach out and grope, and the longer they are the better. Tentacles, not wings, are Apollo's natural members. ✨ Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1951). Speak, Memory: A Memoir
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