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Lori Fetzer's avatar

Mary! I love the poem Seen and Unseen! And I love that you read it to me! How awesome is that? I have recently listened to Ada Límon (I especially like Instructions On Not Giving Up, which not one of the ones I heard) read some of her poems. It is always a treat to be read to. A couple of my yoga teachers, KT and TJ, when they taught yoga in person, used to read poetry during savasana - David Whyte, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, John O'Donohue and others. Sometimes when I read those poems to myself, I can hear their voices. It is a wondrous thing.

Billy Collins, as I've mentioned before is one of my favorite poets. Mark Nepo, as well.

The Guest House, as well as The Great Wagon both by Rumi are a couple long time favorite poems. Newer favorites include The Most Important Thing by Julia Fehrenbacher and In Any Event by Dorianne Laux.

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Sandy Couch's avatar

Fun post! I enjoy poetry. Currently, Topher Kearby is my favorite. He says everything I want to say in a way that makes so much sense. My favorite poem of all time is Desiderata. I heard it for the first time at my college convocation. It was on my wedding program. It hangs in my bedroom. I read it often. It helps me to reset when life is too much.

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