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Chris L's avatar

She is so so good. I was just reading from Obit and The Trees Witness Everything and thinking this...and boom, here she is.

Paul De's avatar

"the body leaves, but the years stay."

Nic's avatar

Love this!

Cara Bates's avatar

Oh my god, this poem. I'd say "my heart" but I think it went straight to my bones.

Tara Mesalik MacMahon's avatar

So moving, and such poignant ideas. This poem will stick with me as will Victoria's Only Poems interview this week and my quiet whoa on all, especially when she says. "I've always had a very close relationship with humility"--this struck me deeply as both such a beautiful way of being, and so clearly true for her as shown thru this poem, all her work actually. Such a gift to me, to us all. Thank you

Rebecca Simone Schmitz's avatar

Yes, Tara! That spoke to me as well.

Karan Kapoor's avatar

Thank you, Tara! I loved her responses a lot.