For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.
I still read Donne, particularly his love poems
Poetry and prayer are very similar.
I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.