Diane Ackerman notes and questions

Poem that talks about Venus:
 In the poem, she first describes the appearance of the Venus. Like she says in the poem that: "white robe stripes are around her." She depicts the image of Venus. She also uses some metaphor to describe Venus.

Notes on "Deep Play":
writing is a way to explore the world.

poetry reflects the heart and soul of a people.

Poets need to feel the emotions that people are afraid of.
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Questions:

1. You mention it in the book that: "poets feel what we are afraid to feel." Do you like to explore all the emotions that are concealed?

2. In "We are listening", you mention a lot of modern technologies, like "computer spiders", "radio telescope". Why is that important? Or what is the purpose to mention it？