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The Jackpod: The fullness

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In this May, 2, 2018 photo, an old damaged apple tree from poet Robert Frost's orchard sprouts new growth in Shaftsbury, Vt. Frost's home in southern Vermont, where he wrote, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and other poems, has reopened as a seasonal museum now owned by Bennington College. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
In this May, 2, 2018 photo, an old damaged apple tree from poet Robert Frost's orchard sprouts new growth in Shaftsbury, Vt. Frost's home in southern Vermont, where he wrote, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and other poems, has reopened as a seasonal museum now owned by Bennington College. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has been finding his own sense of spiritual fullness in poetry, inspired by philosopher Charles Taylor’s recent book, Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment.

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