Poem for Thought

This is a short excerpt from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem “What is Poetry?”

"Poetry is the Unknown Guest in the
house.
Poetry is the Great Memory, every
word a live metaphor.
Poetry the eye of the heart, the heart
of the mind.
...
Poems are e-mails from the unknown
beyond cyberspace.
Poetry is the ultimate inner refuge.
Poems are lumina, emitting light.
Poetry as an anchor in your life is
only as good as the depths it can
reach.
...
Poetry is the essence of ideas before
they are distilled into thought."
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti -

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