Monday 23 May 2016

A week for poetry






POETRY IS HONEY FOR THE SOUL



Geoff is the first reader turned blogger today
for our poetry week.



In a field
I am the absence
of field.

This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.

When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body’s been.

We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.

 Mark Strand



Absence


4 comments:

  1. Geoff:

    this poem made me think a lot about the reasons I/we move.

    Poetry does keep things whole in that way.

    "Parting the air/to move the spaces"/where the body has been.

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  2. Adelaide, I am seeing your insightful comment. I pass the reference to Geoff.

    Comments (sort) from me:
    This poem made me think a lot as well. I did not know this poet and I think that I shall put quick references to him for further readings.
    Thank you for comment on this page;
    I saw that there has been some time that you have been posted (+1) on Google and I wished to thank you. You cannot imagine how heart warming it is for me.

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    1. Thank you for these short comments.

      They warm my heart too, Camille.

      We're going to experience lots of poets that/who we don't know.

      Some very academic thoughts I had about physics and geometry and geography. And this poem has a spiritual gravity.

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