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Poetry Moves

Poetry moves.
And excites.
And clarifies.
And invites.
Sometimes challenges.

Poetry moves.
The heart.
The mind.
The belly.
Sometime the kneecaps.

My friend Christina, who I think of as a dearest writing teacher, taught me and others that “the first gift is that it heals us”.

Oh, yes, yes.

Poetry moves.
Integration.
Insight.
Intuition.
Sometimes investigation.

I’ve been glad to write three collections of poetry. Available on Amazon. I’ve written much more in private journals, blogs, and pocket notebooks.

Yes, yes — some healing there.
And joy.
And expression.
And invitation to nuance.
Sometimes feel.

5 Replies to “Poetry Moves”

  1. Yes it does.
    I’ve recently had the privilege of hearing how mine – in Skyborne Insight, Homemade Love – moves others. A gift of reciprocity that benefits us all in dispiriting times. Kindest regards…

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  2. Ah my der poetic friends… I always say that a poem is prose left out in the rain and only the most essential words remain.

    And then there’s this: I’m using it for the Come. Write. Here. Cafe. next week.
    Best Poem Ever
    What if, says a small child to me this afternoon,
    We made a poem without using any words at all?
    Wouldn’t that be cool? You could use long twigs,
    And feathers, or spider strands, and arrange them
    So that people imagine what words could be there.
    Wouldn’t that be cool? So there’s a different poem
    For each reader. That would be the best poem ever.
    The poem wouldn’t be on the page, right? It would
    Be in the air, sort of. It would be between the twigs
    And the person’s eyes, or behind the person’s eyes,
    After the person saw whatever poem he or she saw.
    Maybe there are a lot of poems that you can’t write
    Down. Couldn’t that be? But they’re still there even
    If no one can write them down, right? Poems in
    Books are only a little bit of all the poems there are.
    Those are only the poems someone found words for.
    – Brian Doyle

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