The practical reasons to welcome poetry into our lives

Whether it's simply to enliven our day or help us bear a heartache, great poetry can add balance and beauty to our over-connected and over-tweeted lives. Stephen Kloepper offers his humble...

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Finally, a special essay from "NewsHour" viewer Stephen Kloepfer.Tonight, he offers his Humble Opinion on why we need a bit more poetry in our lives.STEPHEN KLOEPFER: We need more poetry in our lives, whether it's simply to enliven ourday or, in more solemn moments, to help us bear the heartache, and the thousand naturalshocks that flesh is heir to.Reading poetry can add beauty and balance to our overcommitted, overconnected, and over-tweetedlives.Great poetry is not restricted to 140 characters, but it is humbling to know what a visionarylike William Blake could do with even fewer than 140 characters."To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palmof your hand and eternity in ...