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Diane Glancy

Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.

Poetry

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The quote compares poetry to taking something mechanical and rigid, like the central part of a torque converter, and transforming it into something soft and flexible, like a jello mold. This suggests that poetry reshapes complex, technical, or hard ideas into fluid, creative, and unexpected forms.

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