Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Poetic Obituaries: "I'm not private about my feelings,"

she [Mildred Trivers] said in 1984. "Others have the same feelings I have. Poets merely express what we all feel and might not know how to express verbally. Writing poetry is not just a matter of describing things that happen to us. It's a matter of bringing out the general significance of what happens."

And sharing that with anyone who cared to read a poem or two.

from The Star Press Muncie, IN: A poetic life: Mildred Trivers, The Poet of Twin Ponds Lane, had a way with words

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