Honour the miraculousness of the ordinary. What we very badly need to remember is that the things right under our noses are extraordinary, fascinating, irreplaceable, profound and just kind of marvellous.
Look at the things in the foreground and relish stuff that can lose its glow by being familiar. In fact, re-estranging ourselves to familiar things seems to be a very important part of what poetry can do.
I would change the words "poet" and "poetry" to "writer" and "writing". And then I would say, "Yes."
Joan Lennon's blog.
5 comments:
Absolutely.
Your poems are always making us step back and look again at the ordinary, Joan. As so your photographs, Love them.
A good and thoughtful link - and a fine photograph. Thanks.
Good points, Joan. Thanks for drawing attention to the link.
Thanks, Joan. that is one to remember.
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