Wednesday, April 7, 2010

In Flight (Jennifer K. Sweeney)

Not much information about the poet, but I love the poem. It's clear, clear-eyed, calm, directed. I guess that, maybe, makes it sound lame, but I mean all those adjectives in the best possible way.

I love the metaphor. I love the connection and the idea she makes between hard life - living, feeling without support or control - and the mythical Himalayan birds. God, it's just so good, so right. So damn apt.

Favorite line: "They are born in the air,/must learn to fly before falling"

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