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The Feast of Losses with poet Lorrie Wolfe
From a pandemic elegy for three billion lost birds to a villanelle written live on air, Lorrie Wolfe on grief, precision, and the discipline of fourteen lines.
Welcome to Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm your host James Navé.
This week, poet Lorrie Wolfe joins me to talk about the discipline behind the spark — how a stray line overheard on the radio, or a friend's invented word, becomes a finished poem.
Wolfe, author of "The Language of Crows," explains why she works in sonnets and other tight forms, trusting fourteen lines to force clarity rather than sprawl, and why editing, not inspiration, is…
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