Wow. What a poem! I'm always amazed by the impact of short poems. I really enjoy the way you discuss the mechanics of the poem, and how the writer's choices influence our response. So good.
I am actually at this moment working your post and the poem into the series I have started posting here based on the journal I have kept for 35 years. Thank you!
Savor is indeed the word that comes to mind reading this poem. So does savior, as in a kind of rescue from all the despair in the world right now. Thank you.
I may sign up for your newsletter. My only concern is that it is daily and some days I just feel swamped with daily things. But maybe I will anyway! Really appreciate your insights into and exegesis of the poem.
Wow. What a poem! I'm always amazed by the impact of short poems. I really enjoy the way you discuss the mechanics of the poem, and how the writer's choices influence our response. So good.
Thanks, Aleksandra 🙏
I am actually at this moment working your post and the poem into the series I have started posting here based on the journal I have kept for 35 years. Thank you!
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This poem is brilliance and hope on so many levels, in all lines. Thank you for shining a light on it!
Thanks, Cin!
Savor is indeed the word that comes to mind reading this poem. So does savior, as in a kind of rescue from all the despair in the world right now. Thank you.
Thank you, Polly.
I may sign up for your newsletter. My only concern is that it is daily and some days I just feel swamped with daily things. But maybe I will anyway! Really appreciate your insights into and exegesis of the poem.
I get it! Though there are some things I want MORE of daily—poems, music, dark chocolate, sunshine…