I am not as familiar with contemporary poets as I should be. I have been delving into poetry and prose more of late. I never professed to have a poet’s voice, but I do appreciate those that do.
This week I have been reading some of the work of Iain S. Thomas, a South African poet living in Cape Town.
He wrote a book earlier this year entitled What We Should Do When This Is Over to deal with his own anxiety about the pandemic and the mundane things he misses.
He may be best known for his collaborative work with photographer Jon Ellis entitled I Wrote This For You. I discovered he has a presence on Spotify and Facebook so I will be exploring more there.
In researching more of his work, I stumbled on this in Twitter and it spoke to me like nothing has in a very long time. I hope you read it and it is impactful to you as it was to me.
BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS TEACHING OUR CHILDREN
If you have a favorite contemporary poet you enjoy, I would appreciate it if you would drop their name in the comments. I love expanding my horizons.
I read little poetry written since the turn of the century, and not that much from the century before. But I have shared that Twitter link, as I agree it has great impact.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you for reading and re-tweeting. It made me think about the kind of love my parents showed to me.
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I love poetry as you may of noticed and I write a lot of it. My favourite contemporary poets are Pam Ayres at
https://pamayres.com/biography/ and the lyrics of Victoria Woods .
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/best/66225/victoria_wood. 💜
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I will gladly check them out. I love what you write, Willow.
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Thank you Maggie I also love your blog. It’s always fun to visit 💜
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Thank you. I’m honored.
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It definitely true 💜
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John O’Donohue, Mary Oliver, David Whyte.
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I love Mary Oliver and David Whyte. I am not familiar with John O’Donohue so I will look hum up, Arlene. Thank you.
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Yes, I would definitely second John O’Donohue and another Irish poet, Mark Roper.
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Thank you for the suggestions.
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I just printed two copies of that poem by him. He is new to me also. I especially like the ending line “no matter what you were taught yourself.” Thanks.
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That line got to me as well. Such a great piece of prose.
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