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> Well, what DOES happen when you encounter poems? And how can you tell what > you've encountered IS a poem? What counts as a poem for you, and how do you > distinguish it from a non-poem? What criteria do you use to distinguish poems > from non-poems, and good poems from bad poems? > Marcus: Difficult questions. How would you answer them? Your answers might > stir a more useful discussion.<< Well, I don't know what happens when Alison encounters poems, or how she tells what counts as a poem, and the rest. But she seems to be saying that she has an erotics of poetry that answers these questions to her satisfaction. I'd like to hear what her answers are.