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					by  Peter  Campion 			





	
	

				Peter Campion responds: 



Thanks to David Poston for his eloquent and levelheaded response. I find little to disagree with in his comments. Despite our difference in emphasis, we seem to share a sense that getting “voice” into poems involves both finding and losing.  

			


	

		Originally Published: October 30, 2005	


	
		
		

	
		

			
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Peter Campion received his BA from Dartmouth College and his MA from Boston University. His collections of poetry include Other People (2005) and The Lions: Poems (2009). He has also written monographs and catalog essays for the painters Joseph McNamara, Terry St. John, Mitchell Johnson, and Eric Aho. He regularly publishes literary and art criticism in numerous journals and has won a Pushcart Prize.

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