respect

[emchy]

a lot to say without a lot of words. i started taking vitamins and meditating. ok, so sometimes simple solutions can help, got it. two days of that sort of basic self care with some calls and talking and thinking and i am actually feeling better even though the context that was pulling me into panic hasn't changed. this is good. feeling bouncy, chatty, having to rein that in a bit so that i can get some work done and not feel inefficient. thinking about writers, writing, and feeling energy around it all. so much energy in fact, that i want to ask you - what is your favorite book of poetry? doesn't have to be the most meaningful or best written, but your favorite. the one that is like a favorite blanket to curl up with when you want to feel good, brainy, and in love with words. i am in the middle of a book by Mary Oliver, and once done, want to read some new people, want to branch out. there are always new poets to read, and poets that i should have read by now and haven't, so... whaddya say folks? my warm blanket book of poetry, it brought back my respect for words and my own journey with them: Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey by Hayden Carruth.

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[liquid-siftings.livejournal.com]

The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees. Very underappreciated and quietly powerful.