POEMS, POETS, RHYMES AND POETRY

I was anticipating a particular punch-line in Michelle Nijhuis’ interesting article on communicating with extraterrestrials (Christian Science Monitor, May 15), and sure enough, it came where it should have, at the very end. Nijhuis quotes Jeffrey Lockwood (University of Wyoming): “In a sense, all writing is writing for extraterrestrials.” Lockwood, who teaches creative writing at the University of Wyoming, understands a deep truth. Communication between two people of the same species can be pr

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