Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into an idea, then into more tangible action. 
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Poet Jane Hirshfield on the Mystery of Existence
By Kim Rosen
Writer Kim Rosen raises questions about Zen, openness, and the “desperation” of the creative process.
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