Poetry
Recently I’ve been drawn to poetry. Rumi is my favorite poet thus far. It’s so interesting what emerges when we give it space and no judgements. I think my love for poetry has always been deep down inside but never did I really entertain the idea. I remember in 8th grade we had a school assignment to memorize a poem. Everyone searched through the book frantically looking for the shortest poem ever created. I think there was one about a bat and it had 10 words. I heard that poem at least 15 times on the day we had to get in front of class. However, I found Robert Frost and just had to choose The Road not Taken. At the age of 13 I wanted to memorize the longest poem imaginable! I think I was 13 going on 30. Also, I was so shy at that age that choosing to stand in front of the classroom to memorize the longest poem ever was so out of character for me. I still can’t believe I …
