A Reading By Robert Bly Wiley Hall Oct.16,2013 Comments

Thank you so much Daniel. Wonderful Words. Robert Bly is amazing. Also today is “older persons day” from his page. I have just been hearing an interview of Robert Bly. He has a lot to still pass on to this world.

............an amazing and perfect poem to read in October.....penned very nicely with great detail....the last stanza was my favourite it brought the poem alive for me....loved reading this one...

I like this, dont really know much about Robert Bly but I'll have to look him up seeing as he inspired such a beautiful poem. This is my favorite verse: Late in the evening, we discover the mind's neighbor, the shy soul, so often hidden, suddenly appears, having already written these poems, so ancient and abiding the idea that our souls have already written poems for us and we just have to tap into them. I feel like that is the case with me sometimes. Certain phrases will be floating around for weeks until something happens and like a key it unlocks a poem that's just been waiting to be written. I love this idea of discourse between the mind and soul, and in these lines its so palpable. This is a beautiful write, even without really knowing who its about lol. Now that's great poetry! ~Nika