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[quote=Anonymous]I love poetry when I'm feeling down and kind of at sea emotionally. I love the way that a phrase can put into words all of the things that I am feeling. Fell in love recently with Mary Oliver and there are just some phrases that she uses. Here's the beginning of her poem "Wild Geese": You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. I think maybe poetry is supposed to help you feel less alone in the world. We have been "going through some stuff" in 2024. It has been the worst year we have ever experienced and I find her poetry so comforting.[/quote]
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