Imagine becoming more aware of interconnectivity and convergence of sameness and difference, more aware of the nuance and subtlety of detail as well as the breadth and expansiveness of the big picture. Poetry does all of this. It invites us to recognize all the beauty and heartbreak within and surrounding us. Physiologically, it engages both brain hemispheres through language and structure, creativity and imagination, and meaning making. Poetry expands our awareness in multiple ways.

"Poem of the Day" is an informal newsletter through which ​I periodically share a poem that I find meaningful, interesting, or otherwise appealing. The "Day" is simply the day that I am inspired. Sometimes there are four or five installments in a month. Sometimes weeks go by. Usually I offer my thoughts about the poem or some connections I've made to it (I always recommend you read the poem before reading my comments). Sometimes I simply allow the poem to stand on its own.

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​The World I Live In
by Mary Oliver 
 
I have refused to live
locked in the orderly house of
reasons and proofs.
The world I live in and believe in
is wider than that. And anyway,
what's wrong with Maybe? 
 
You wouldn't believe what once or
twice I have seen. I'll just 
tell you this:
only if there are angels in your head will
you ever, possibly, see one.