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Saturday, April 11, 2026

National Poetry Month

 


Jane Hirschfield on poetry’s enduring potency:

“Stone did not become apple. War did not become peace. / Yet joy still stays joy. Sequins stay sequins. Words still bespangle, bewilder.”

4 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! Happy 30th! How grateful I am to have spent so many with you... This poem and quote give me strength to go on! xx

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  2. Oh, that one is lovely - April is herself a poem, liminal, inconstant, and brief.

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  3. and here, where I feel bewildered, bespangled...

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  4. First of all, a shout out for having chicory as your background! Underrated, everpresent. Thirty years of NPM! It feels as present as chicory. I'm glad we're bespangled by words all year long. xo

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