I felt a longing to compose a radical or root poem that would speak to what has its back turned to me.
Robert BlyHierarchy, as in the Catholic Church, has to do with power, and vertical attention has to do with longing.
Robert BlyVertical attention is not the same as, and doesn't evolve from nor imply, hierarchy. We could say that hierarchy is associated with power, and vertical attention with longing for the Divine Feminine, for the Divine Masculine, for what the Sufis call 'wine.'
Robert Bly