Good morning. Welcome to poetry day on the blog. Jane Hirshfield, a famous poet, says this is why we should write poetry: “One reason to write a poem is to flush from the deep thickets of the self some thought, feeling, comprehension, question, music, you didn’t know was in you, or in the world. Other forms of writing—scientific papers, political analysis, most journalism—attempt to capture and comprehend something known. Poetry is a release of something previously unknown into the visible. You write to invite that, to make of yourself a gathering of the unexpected and, with luck, of the unexpectable.” Below is my poem for the day. Write a poem today. I dare you.
“grief crests equally in times of joy and in times of difficulty . . . “ – Chelsea Bieker
Stirrings
Sometimes the ingredients get tossed about
When you had no desire to cook them in your mind
You are left to deal with the churning mess
Of things you thought you had left behind.
I cooked this already. I stewed in it. The meal is done.
Not really, though. It was only half-baked, silly.
In some ways, this recipe has only just begun. . . .
Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.
Here is the question of the day from 3000 Questions About Me:
400. What’s your favorite accent?