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Adrienne Rich
Wrote about Aunt Jennifer’s
Rings and tigers on screens
And diving into a wreck
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These were the poems
We interns were assigned
To read and teach,
And that was all right
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But reading on one’s own
With no one’s rubric but
One’s own
Is so much better;
I’m sure we were supposed
To instill some kind of
Critical process regarding
Life and reading in it
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But I’m not sure
How well that worked,
What kind of processes
We might have instilled,
What seeds grown,
What personal
Allegiances to one’s own
Mind and heart
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So was a new generation of
New readers of poetry
Begun? Has it flourished?
Are they among the ones who
Turn to poetry when there’s
A tragedy?
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(read up how we
took to verse after the
Towers fell)
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I like Rich, though that
Would not be enough
In that we were serving
A learning process
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It was a small, state school;
I never heard from anyone
Again, though nothing and
No one is due me
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A state away and many
Years, I wish us well
And to take up small books
Of miracles from time to time;
I do this, Mary Oliver’s
Most recently
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November 24, 2020 at 9:33 pm
Such a well-written poem 👏 thank you for sharing!