I Love My Anythink discussion

Poetry is an invitation, somatic and cognitive. It requests the pleasure of your company – open to your sense perceptions and willing to open up your sense of what’s true. A poem “is an experience” says Edward Hirsch, in his introduction to "Poem-a-Day: 365 Poems for Every Occasion." Reading poetry pleases Hirsch, a poet and lifelong advocate for poetry, because “suddenly my perception is heightened, my viewpoint altered (challenged, confirmed), and my world realigned.”

Here is an invitation to poetry, in the form of a list with notes. This gathering is a welcoming one, even for reluctant guests. These materials are accessible and approachable. If you converse with a poem you meet here, with curiosity and awareness, your time will be well-spent.

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