Thank you! I haven't read nearly as much poetry as you have, so I'm not at all qualified to comment much, BUT I believe that if a poet can't be great, she should at least have a sense of humor, should give us some hint that she doesn't take herself too seriously. It's easy to preach and nag.
And seriously, if you wrote your poem in one draft while sitting on your 18-minute subway ride, IT SHOWS.
Oh, I feel so shamed for keeping a Mary Oliver poem in my interior coat pocket! But you know something might be lowest-common-denominator level when you see a bumper sticker that says "Honk if you're letting the soft wild animal of your body love what it loves." I have also noticed a weird onslaught of poetry in my LinkedIn feed lately (I assumed many of them were song lyrics).
Thank you! I haven't read nearly as much poetry as you have, so I'm not at all qualified to comment much, BUT I believe that if a poet can't be great, she should at least have a sense of humor, should give us some hint that she doesn't take herself too seriously. It's easy to preach and nag.
And seriously, if you wrote your poem in one draft while sitting on your 18-minute subway ride, IT SHOWS.
Oh, I feel so shamed for keeping a Mary Oliver poem in my interior coat pocket! But you know something might be lowest-common-denominator level when you see a bumper sticker that says "Honk if you're letting the soft wild animal of your body love what it loves." I have also noticed a weird onslaught of poetry in my LinkedIn feed lately (I assumed many of them were song lyrics).
No shame!! I also love this bumper sticker. Makes me LOL every time.