Deborah, you really got next to me in this wonderful essay. Wallace Stevens is profound and also profoundly simple. The poems you’ve mentioned say exactly what I feel during this time. Maybe Hamlet’s famous soliloquy misses the point. To be AND not to be—that is the question. Love this essay and really appreciate what you’ve said here about the poems and your efforts to embody and express the truths they reveal. Thank you for sharing this. Our world needs more of this right now. Do carry on!
Thank you kindly for this, Andrew. Sometimes I wonder if these kinds of posts are meaningful to anyone other than me. So when I discover it touches someone else it means so much and makes all the difference. There may be few of us who think along these lines these days. Your encouragement is much appreciated!
No single poet, but I bought Walter de la Mare's box set of poems to read to my son in the first Covid Lockdown. We read one a day together. That was fun.
What a lovely thing to do with your son! Covid was horrible but the lock down did open up new ways of connecting with the world and each other. Thanks so much for sharing this, James.
I really enjoyed this post, Deborah. It makes me think of the writings I have read about stripping oneself of their ego to help free oneself and be more mindful. Perhaps to also be able to listen to everything that is speaking to us. Those voices include the sun, the wind, the stars, the plants, the sea, clouds, and animals. Everything is alive and talking, and it influences the stories that want to be released and shared through art, poetry, dance, and music.
I love what you say, Michael, about everything being alive and talking. We do feel that on a certain level which, as you say, inspires our art. Thank you so much for reading and responding. It means so much.
Deborah, you really got next to me in this wonderful essay. Wallace Stevens is profound and also profoundly simple. The poems you’ve mentioned say exactly what I feel during this time. Maybe Hamlet’s famous soliloquy misses the point. To be AND not to be—that is the question. Love this essay and really appreciate what you’ve said here about the poems and your efforts to embody and express the truths they reveal. Thank you for sharing this. Our world needs more of this right now. Do carry on!
Thank you kindly for this, Andrew. Sometimes I wonder if these kinds of posts are meaningful to anyone other than me. So when I discover it touches someone else it means so much and makes all the difference. There may be few of us who think along these lines these days. Your encouragement is much appreciated!
No single poet, but I bought Walter de la Mare's box set of poems to read to my son in the first Covid Lockdown. We read one a day together. That was fun.
What a lovely thing to do with your son! Covid was horrible but the lock down did open up new ways of connecting with the world and each other. Thanks so much for sharing this, James.
I really enjoyed this post, Deborah. It makes me think of the writings I have read about stripping oneself of their ego to help free oneself and be more mindful. Perhaps to also be able to listen to everything that is speaking to us. Those voices include the sun, the wind, the stars, the plants, the sea, clouds, and animals. Everything is alive and talking, and it influences the stories that want to be released and shared through art, poetry, dance, and music.
I love what you say, Michael, about everything being alive and talking. We do feel that on a certain level which, as you say, inspires our art. Thank you so much for reading and responding. It means so much.