Speaking of fruit—
And this is an idea that has quite a lot of consequence for poets, who tend to believe that also that by using particular kinds of language, very concrete language in really precise ways, they can actually bring people and maybe themselves closer to reality. And this poem navigates, I think, both sides of that argument in what I think is a beautiful and lyrical way. Meditation at Lagunidas by Robert Hass. All the new thinking is about loss. In this it resembles all the old thinking
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:19
She felt like a little bird with hollow bones, the way he described his hands on her shoulders. Yeah, I think when I listen to poetry, it takes me to a gentler place than the world feels. And that itself is such a huge, huge gift. Anyway, thank you for this. And I think I'll keep this book maybe near my book, maybe near my bed now, and sort of leaf through it and see what I could find
