Jess Mahler
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You know what I'd like to see more of? People playing off each other's #poetry, making riffs, replying, battling. There's a little of that on here with stuff like prompts, but it would be excellent to see more poets interacting with each other. Coming from a tradition where it was a common social and entertainment activity for people to exchange and ad-lib poems, sometimes with deadly consequences, the way modern poetry is considered solely an intense solitary pursuit feels a little strange at times. #Rap has preserved more social aspects of poetry and the rest of poetry could use some of that, too.
