Copyright (c) 2012 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/ehelmszo Recent documents in Eleanor Helms-Zoller en-us Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:18:17 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/ehelmszo/1 http://works.bepress.com/ehelmszo/1 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:58:22 PST There is a sense in which poetry can re-inscribe humans in their natural surroundings, but language—even poetic language—is also always problematic. In conversation with and in response to recent works by David Abram, I will delineate at least two ways in which poetic language separates and distinguishes humans from nature. I also argue for the importance of what is implicit or invisible (as opposed to tangible and sensuous). Language is a mode of human responsibility for the world, not just a sign or result of being part of it.

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