The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare feet stomping on broken glass - bleeds, recoils, then steps again.

Traci Lea LaRussa
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The throes of poetry are like the piercing pain of a wound. The poet is like the person who is injured. The injury might be deep and painful, but it can also be temporary; yet, there is no escaping it. It is impossible to remove this hurt.

It is impossible to forget it. No matter what you do, you will always feel pain because of it. But also like the person who has suffered an injury, the person who has suffered the throes of poetry may not realize that they have been hurt until after they have been hurt.

In fact, sometimes people will need to be reminded of the experience they have had in order to heal from it.

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