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.
it is so full here in myself by rupi kaur
have your eyes ever fallen upon a beast like me i have the spine of a mulberry tree the neck of a sunflower sometimes i am the desert at times the rain forest baut always the wild my belly brims over the waistband of my pants each strand of hair frizzing out like a lifeline it took a long time to become such a sweet rebellion back then i refused to water my roots till i realized if i am the only one who can be the wilderness then let me be the wilderness the tree trunk cannot become the branch the jungle cannot become the garden so why should i ~from the sun and her flowers (Simon & Schuster Canada, 2017)