Famous was my 2nd favorite. It is a reminder of the only kid of fame that really matters.

But I would be lying if I said that the poem for young poets did not strike me with such a force as to take the very words from my mouth. As a young poet myself, my writing consists of sitting at my computer searching for the courage to say what I feel how I feel like saying it. Such a struggle it is.

This poem was like the permission I didn’t know I needed. A million thank yous would never adequately express my gratitude!

Such a lovely selection! I loved Happiness, about the two boys, capturing such a delicate moment....Such a great way to start the day, reading these poems, an invitation to seeing what is really important.... thank you!

I have been a Rumi fan for quite some time,

but it was only recently that my quest to "get it" ended.

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Lucky for me, my life crashed hard enought that I had to

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Let go

of

understanding

Oh Mary Oliver...

They begin beating it with a hose

To find out what it really means

These lines helped me smile.

Thank you for this collection. I’m going to share it with my daughter, who loves poetry but is already suffering from the hose-beating going on at school.

The Thing Is and A Prayer strike me in the gut. I have struggled with a respiratory infection this week. Although I did read Poem For People Who Don't Like Poems out loud to my husband.

My Saturday breakfast taken with tea and filling that second stomach, empty after sleep and ready for word food. Delicious. Raymond Carver and Mary Oliver on the same plate, like peaches and cream, beef and horseradish, eggs and bacon. They go so well together.❤️

Love that Ellen Bass one, then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face...so good.

The thing is got me, as I’m grieving at the moment it got me tearing up. I love your summary of poems, thank you xx

To have curated Ellen Bass and Mary Oliver gave you away as having very good taste in poetry!

Thank you for this beautiful collection!

Thanks! Sara Teasdale’s poems always moved me as a teen. I need to return to my favorite poets!

I am so incredibly grateful that thanks to your post Maya I have discovered the Chilean poet Parra, and loved his poem so much that I went down the rabbit hole trying to find his poem in Spanish, which, was such an incredible and educational experience, it inspired me to write a whole post about poetry in translation!! In case you are interested, here it is:

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But just to say, THANK YOU!!

Loving these poems! Just proof there’s a stanza for every season. 📝

Love love love all of these!

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