From a letter from Spain to the Natural Death Centre re the poetry anthology Poem for the Day (available for £11-97 incl. p&p from the Institute for Social Inventions, 6 Blackstock Mews, Blackstock Road, London N4 2BT, tel 020 7359 8391; fax 020 7354 3831; e-mail: rhino@dial.pipex.com). Or buy it online here.
I simply want to tell you how much joy and excitement I get from your anthology Poem for the Day. You really have succeeded splendidly in transmitting your poetry fever through this book; and I now ask myself why on earth I let so many years go by without the intense pleasure of reading poetry.
I must have done quite a bit when I was young (now aged 66) for many are familiar friends, but the ones new to me are equally gift-like.
Poetry really does make real, I discover, the fact that we connect across time and space. It's very moving to receive a 'message' - some feeling or idea beautifully and aptly expressed - from a poet of the 14th century. I have decided that poems are 'telegrams from the soul'.
I do thank you for this lovely collection and the way you have presented it.
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