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Responsibility in Metaphor by Tony Hoagland

Series: Poetry Off the Shelf
From: Curtis Fox
Length: 00:01:57

Poet Tony Hoagland reads his poem Responsibility in Metaphor Read the full description.

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Piece Description

Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. The Poet Tony Hoagland Tony Hoagland teaches at the University of Houston and in the Warren Wilson MFA program. This next poem, Responsibility in Metaphor, is an exuberant and sensual lesson in the use of metaphor. Host Outro: That was the poet Tony Hoagland reading his poem Responsibility in Metaphor. The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Hoagland , and read some of his poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.