The poet often taps into what Jung called our collective unconscious, giving voice to our humanity and meaning to our struggles. A good poem, therefore, tells us something we already know. When we read it or hear it we say, “Ah, yes.” An exceptional poem tells us something we are on the verge of knowing. When we read it or hear it, we say, “Oh my!”
~ Charles Kinnaird
April is National Poetry Month. Throughout the month on this blog space I will be emphasizing how poetry spills into our lives in the reading, the writing, and the hearing of poetry.
Be thinking about poems that you remember, or poetry that has had an impact upon you. If you could pick one poem that is a favorite, what would it be?
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