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.
One String by Mark Nepo
I am so busy at times trying to make it all worthwhile, that I am stunned at how easily the whole of life speaks to me, when music I’ve never heard or a truth I never understood plucks the one string I carry deep within. I only want that string pluck- ed and yet, it stays in a place only suffering or surrender can open. Still, violins in minor keys make me swallow my fear and herons flying into the end of a long day make me wish I’d led a more peaceful life. ~ from Reduced to Joy (Viva Editions 2013)