Poet Jane Hirshfield said "... the feeling I have about poem-writing (is) that it is always an exploration, of discovering something I didn't already know. Who I am shifts from moment to moment, year to year. What I can perceive does as well. A new poem peers into mystery, into whatever lies just beyond the edge of knowable ground."
I bring a different poem to the writing classes each week, not only to inspire but to introduce new poets to the group members.
Future Imperfect by Linda Stitt
Despite my present miseries I know since everything decays, that years from now, in retrospect, these will be the good old days. ~ from Adjust Your Set (Natural Heritage Books, 1997)