True Poetry

In the mailbox this Friday morning…

Poetry has a function of exposing truths—both hard and gentle to the touch. – Stewart Shaw

...we are told that poetry is about finding and speaking with our unique, found voice, but the older I get I think it’s not about voice, it’s about listening – listening with attention. I don’t just mean with the ear. It's about bringing the quality of attention to the world. – from Kathleen Jamie, cited by Garrison Keillor on Writer's Almanac today. Ms. Jamie, on her website, noted:

the muse comes and she goes. There are times of intense writing, and times of silence. I’ve been publishing now for above 30 years, and still feel that it’s all provisional. I never can tell what will happen next.