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Poems say interesting things in small spaces. How do they do it? The famous American poet Emily Dickinson wrote, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” While Dickinson isn’t describing poems that literally saw through her skull, she is describing the odd and wondrous ways in which poems affect us. While poems are literary texts, they are musical, visual, and, most often, short. White, brown, and black folks from all walks of life read and write them. Expect to read poems from a variety of perspectives and time periods that all say interesting things in their own, individual ways.