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IN THE FOREST
In the forest
a man sits
a tree stands high
a river runs through his silence.
—from 2014 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
__________
Why do you like to write poetry?
Ben Wilson: “I like writing poetry because it makes me feel like I am in another world and I forget about the normal world.”