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I even have Mary Oliver’s “Rules for the dance- a handbook for writing and reading metric verse” and guess what, I’ve never read it!

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I love this! I own a lot of poetry books and even write poems, especially haiku (because they feel fun & easy) but honestly many of my poetry book have gone unread- why is this? Maybe I am drawn to the poets themselves, more than their words…or maybe it’s a combination of lots of the things you mentioned. (Like maybe I don’t understand some poems ) I recently bought Mary Oliver’s book Owls and other Fantasies; because I love Mary Oliver, and owls…and I’ve been trying to read one a day. I just find my mind wandering with poetry, like I can’t focus as much as I can fiction and non fiction…. But I’m feeling inspired to try and read one poem a day; and blow away the dust that’s collecting on so many of my beautiful books…

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