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Also this makes me really want to read Inger Christensen’s book, “Alphabet.”
If knowing I’m in the preserve of poetry when I want to write it, I suppose this book, then, is poetry too? Because while on my two hour train ride, instead of reading this like I planned, I spent most of it writing a poem “The Rushing of the Trees” inspired by my circumstances and by reading this book.
— Jan 10, 2026 10:12AM
If knowing I’m in the preserve of poetry when I want to write it, I suppose this book, then, is poetry too? Because while on my two hour train ride, instead of reading this like I planned, I spent most of it writing a poem “The Rushing of the Trees” inspired by my circumstances and by reading this book.
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I seem to have begun only reading this book on trains, or, now, in train stations…
A peculiar yet deeply special habit, that I hope/must break if I am to finish this in a timely manner. How did I only get through five pages when it felt like fifty flew right by? Of course, the answer was inspiration.
I either need to break this tradition or take more trains. I vote in preference for the former.
— Aug 22, 2026 11:37AM
A peculiar yet deeply special habit, that I hope/must break if I am to finish this in a timely manner. How did I only get through five pages when it felt like fifty flew right by? Of course, the answer was inspiration.
I either need to break this tradition or take more trains. I vote in preference for the former.
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“I know I’m in the presence of poetry when I, too, want to write it.”
— Jan 10, 2026 10:09AM