On Poetry and Noticing

Observation offers the poet freedom from their own stories, experiences and regimens. When noticing, the world’s natural appeal illuminates the poet’s mind with such a fever that the writing never stops.

As April comes to an end, so does the month inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets. And at National Poetry Month’s close, the poet breathes a sigh of relief— “Finally, I may slip back into the comfortable bed that is writing only when inspired. How difficult it was,” the poet groans, “to have forced […]

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