Stephen Burt: Why people need poetry

This quick TED talk entry is courtesy of TED.com. We’re all going to die — and poems can help us live with that. In a charming and funny talk, literary critic Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey with some of his favorite poets, all the way down to a line break and back up to the human urge to imagine.

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