I get some solace from memorizing a poem and being able to soak it in and say it and think about it and I really could use one for this time— any ideas? Suggestions so appreciated! Ideally not too long. Thank you. ❤️ - ThreadSky

aimee-bender.bsky.social • 20 days ago

I get some solace from memorizing a poem and being able to soak it in and say it and think about it and I really could use one for this time— any ideas? Suggestions so appreciated! Ideally not too long. Thank you. ❤️

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bonnienadzam.bsky.social•20 days ago

imagining southern california--and your corner of USC--in February:

“Lighting One Candle” by Yosa Buson

The light of a candle

Is transferred to another candle—

Spring twilight

aimee-bender.bsky.social•20 days ago

Thank you, Bonnie! Love this. So nice to get your take.

taniahershman.bsky.social•20 days ago

Here's one of my favourites, Delta by Adrienne Rich, 8 lines of perfection. https://poetrysociety.org/poetry-in-motion/delta-1

aimee-bender.bsky.social•20 days ago

Beautiful. Thank you, Tania!

taniahershman.bsky.social•20 days ago

I might try your memorization idea too, never done that!

aimee-bender.bsky.social•20 days ago

It’s weirdly powerful, surprisingly so. Hope you are well, Tania! It’s nice to hear from you this way.

elliottholt.bsky.social•20 days ago

I like doing this too. Here’s one by Emily Dickinson that I memorized a few years ago: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45723/theres-a-certain-slant-of-light-320

aimee-bender.bsky.social•20 days ago

Amazing, Elliott, thank you. These feel like an antidote to my doomscrolling despair — even if poem is dark or bleak it uplifts.

elliottholt.bsky.social•20 days ago

And here’s one by Merwin, which is less bleak: https://merwinconservancy.org/poems/spring-by-w-s-merwin/

elliottholt.bsky.social•20 days ago

“everything in the world has been lost and lost
but soon we will find it again
and understand what it told us when we loved it”

I find solace in these lines by W. S. Merwin

aimee-bender.bsky.social•20 days ago

❤️

elliottholt.bsky.social•20 days ago

I agree!

stephicham.com•20 days ago

I keep a lot of short poems for this reason! If none of these fits what you're looking for, happy to look again

aimee-bender.bsky.social•20 days ago

These are wonderful, Stephi! Thank you lots.

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