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    Heidegger on Poets fora Destitute Time
    (North South University, 2020) Norman K. Swam; Dr. A.Q.M,A. Rahman Bhuiyan
    The German philosopher Martin Heidegger's later work includes his attention to the nature of language, and this in relation to the poetic verse of ranking poets such as Friedrich HOlderlin, Rainer Maria Alike, and Stefan George. In this essay, I engage Heidegger's thinking as he seeks to elucidate the "neighboring" of thinking (Denken) and poetry (Dichtung), and doing so in the context of what, since the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, becomes the anti-metaphysical discourse heralding "the death of God" and, thus, humanity's destitute time. Following Holderlin, the question at issue is: "what are poets for, in a destitute time?" ("...wozu Dichter in chitftiger Zeit?"). If we discern the answer to this question, we place ourselves before the possibility of a transformative experience.