Poetry enables us to form a bridge between our experiences and the lives of others. It is both a window and a door.
I was very grateful this Thanksgiving week for what poetry has done for me and for so many others. I think of the poems I’ve memorized and that I carry with me that give me comfort when I am most frightened or grief-stricken.
What tremendous gratitude I feel for all the poets, like Martin Espada, who are wild and brave and willing to make themselves vulnerable. What I find in their work are solace and courage.
Maria
