CoPo

During Fred Chappell’s Thursday Poems reading, he remarked to the audience, “I’m a slow learner.” While this prompted a response of laughter and applause, I realized that Chappell was in fact telling the truth. His poetry hasn’t learned from the newest, free verse poetry that his contemporaries are composing today. While he remains unique, he writes his poems sticking to tradition and adhering to the meter and rhythm that poets have used for centuries.

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