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lil · 4381 days ago · link · · parent · post: Has a Poem Ever Changed Your Life? - or given you a pause?
I don't even know how to answer my own question. There are so many poems. Poetry books falling out of my shelves - each one full of associations. In fact for some reason wrenauld texted me the other day asking me to recommend a poet. I couldn't (except of course like mk - the Bard - but many many favourite poems. One that has haunted me for a long time is "I Wake to Sleep" by Theodore Roethke, especially the line "I feel my being dance from ear to ear." -- This line reminds me that we are in a relationship with ourselves, outside from any role or relationship with others. I don't think a poem ever made me change direction though, at least not yet.