Myra here.
Thank you to dear Tabatha Yeatts of The Opposite Of Indifference for hosting this week.
It has been months since I joined the Poetry Friday community, and I do miss it greatly. Life has been pretty frenzied as of recent, and I am sure everyone is simply struggling to survive the best way they know how.
Truth be told, poetry has not returned back to me yet. Once again, I attribute this to my incredibly hectic schedule that barely allows me to breathe. Poetry requires one to pause, consider, and stare at the marvel of the world, the intricacies of a leaf, or be still enough to let melody wash over one’s soul. I do come up for air every once in awhile, and still manage to read my novels and watch my fantasy series – yet poetry requires a different sensibility, a mindfulness that is all-embracing, and a quiet that allows joy to seep through. I was happy when this poem by David Malouf shared by a friend on social media tugged something in me, and I am hoping it reaches you too wherever you are in the world. Happy New Year, poetry-loving friends. I am glad to be among you today.
Gathering Books 
Welcome back, Myra! Thanks for sharing Malouf’s intriguing poem. I’m glad it “tugged something” in you and brought you here today. 🙂
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This poem broke my heart! So glad you shared it. Take care, time for poetry will return, maybe it’s simply time to read and take things in.
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Nice to see you here, Myra! What a poem, a heartbreaker, but still a settled person in life. Would that all of us could find that feeling! Wishing you more poetry!
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“Urgencies that boom under the pocket of a shirt” — wonderful. I like his surprising language. The poem is like an entire story in a small space.
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Welcome back! I am struck by the part of the poem where the speaker invents new selves. That’s kind of the phase I’m in, these first few months of retirement. Who am I really? Who will I become now?
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Myra, welcome back. It is wonderful to read your words about poetry. I am presenting virtually to a group of reading council teachers and would like to use your thoughts on poetry to open my presentation with your permission. Your words are lyrical so true. Thanks for the poem that tugged something in my heart too.
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Of course, please feel free to use this. I am honored that you think it worthy enough to be shared with your teachers. 🙂
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“One of those selves I had expected.” Perfect. This is a wonderful poem; thanks for sharing it. Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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