Reclaiming the sacred in our lives naturally brings us close once more to the wellsprings of poetry.

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When we have been driven from these wellsprings, we become addicted to the desire for the sacred. We go from being a person who is deeply moved by poetry to a person who craves it. The addiction then makes us feel empty and frustrated, because what we crave is impossible to get.

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1. It is not our job to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves Like the trees, and be born again, Drawing up from the great roots.

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