To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark. That's crudely put, but… If we're not supposed to dance, Why all this music? ~ Gregory Orr Please share a poem that speaks to vitality in the comments below as a way of introducing yourself!
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Anne-Marie Akin
1/4/2021 01:16:53 pm
Birdsong
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Anne-Marie Akin
1/4/2021 01:37:51 pm
I forgot to add: hello! Nice to meet you all. I shared this poem because I love it for the vibrance of the language and the ideas of connection across millennia, from stars to fish to birdwatching.
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Kim Dulaney
1/8/2021 03:27:55 pm
I love this poem by Leonard Bernstein, that speaks to the fact that life and vitality can be a messy, squishy, juicy business!
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Molly Hickman
1/8/2021 06:03:35 pm
Anne-Marie and Kim, I love the poems you shared. This is an excerpt of a poem by my dear friend Hally Sablosky that says "vitality" to me:
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Katija
1/9/2021 01:12:47 am
I love reading these poems! This is mine, it's short and sweet but really speaks to me!
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Kim
1/9/2021 10:53:17 am
Katija—who is that poem by? I love the idea of coming and returning and realizing that it is the self that has changed.
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Laura Jones
1/9/2021 11:01:37 am
A Litany for Survival
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