Believe me, they always take it. They always find aninteresting way to look through its window. It presents us all with a renewedappetite for interpretation, one of the most vibrant and energetic parts of thepoetry experience. Wearily we raised ourhands. Yes, yes, that poet was just about to jump off a cliff.
Poems offer that mystery.
Poems respect our ability to interpret and translateimages and signs. I haveyet to meet one person in all my travels who doesn't say they are too busy,they wish they had a little more time. If most of us have lost, as some poetssuggest, our meaningful, deep relationships with the world of nature, poemshelp us to see and feel that world again, beyond our cities and double-lockeddoors. I have learned as much about nature from the poems of Mary Oliver as Ihave ever learned walking in the woods. It is an imperative, not a luxury.