Closet Poetry Reading

Today I gift to you a reading of three of my favorite poems from my closet with a candle.

Sometimes you read something and it so moves you with its power and loveliness, you are washed over with waves of desire to share such beauty.

It’s time to un-bushel such talent.

Today I want to share with you three such pieces of power and loveliness. Three poems I’ve come across recently that demand to be shared.

I wanted to put us all in the right setting to properly enjoy these works of art, so away I went to my closet with a candle and bathrobe backdrop to get us all in the mood (not that mood ya sicko). The poetry savoring mood.

The three poems are:

1. Testament (Homage to Walt Whitman) by Erica Jong.

2. A Love Letter to the Tick that Got Me Sick by Andrea Gibson

3. The Thing Is by Ellen Bass

I hope you’ll take 10 quiet minutes in bed or on a walk to listen. You won’t regret it! (language warning for the first one if you’ve got little ears around)

Please enjoy.

Now tell us: what is one of your favorite poems? Has any piece of writing moved you recently?