Poet Jane Hirshfield said "... the feeling I have about poem-writing (is) that it is always an exploration, of discovering something I didn't already know. Who I am shifts from moment to moment, year to year. What I can perceive does as well. A new poem peers into mystery, into whatever lies just beyond the edge of knowable ground."
I bring a different poem to the writing classes each week, not only to inspire but to introduce new poets to the group members.
The Stranger by Ulrikka Gernes
who is alone, but not lonely who is complete, but not whole who carries weight who finds way who walks through darkness without fear who walks still faceless through the dark who knows who you are, without knowing your name who stretches out a hand and the hand is open who lifts a lamp to see himself in you ~ from A Sudden Sky (Brick Books, 2006) translated from Danish and edited by Patrick Friesen and Per Brask