We live
in a tide-swept inlet,
floating, flung.
In such a world, why cling to
collections of poems?
~Izumi Shikibu, (J Hirshfield & M Aratani, The Ink Dark Moon)
previously posted on November, 2017
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Presumably because information survives. Can not be destroyed. Classically outliving the poet.
Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment. It is amazing how a poet’s words of yesterday touches today’s souls.
Good question. One I often ask myself about my own poetry. I don’t know but still I hang onto most of them.
Great to hear from you Suzanne. As your summer awakens, winter’s snow greets my morning. Our spoken words fade while our written thoughts reaffirm our being?
That’s very true in this time where so much many of us are experiencing times of isolation.