Bringing Back the Delight of Poetry

You're receiving this email because you are a DailyGood subscriber. Trouble Viewing? On a mobile? Just click here. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. July 12, 2022 a project of ServiceSpace Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. - Plato - Bringing Back the Delight of Poetry "The American poet William Stafford was often asked by friends, readers, students and colleagues: When did you become a poet? The response he regularly offered was: "The question isn't when I became a poet; the question is when other people stopped." Stafford was articulating what many poets believe: that the roots of poetry (rhythm, form, sound) go far back -- both personally and culturally -- "to the crib" and "to the fire in front of the cave."" More in this piece that explores the evolution of poetry education. { read more } Be The Change For more inspiration, check out Wislawa Szymborska's Nobel lecture, "The Poet and the World." { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Two Words That Can Change a Life Thich Nhat Hanh: Ten Love Letters to the Earth Amanda Gorman: The Miracle of Morning On the Road with Thomas Merton 'New Day's Lyric': Amanda Gorman Consciousness as the Ground of Being Processing What Happened at the US Capitol Matthew Fox: How Important is Truth? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 163,775 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More