As this life is not a gate - Jane Hirshfield

6/17/2022 From: The Tongue Says Loneliness

First time I’ve been this moved by a poem in a while — Thanks to Larry Robinson and his diligent posting of poems on his daily poetry list

The Tongue Says Loneliness | Jane Hirshfield

“The Tongue Says Loneliness”
Jane Hirshfield

The tongue says loneliness, anger, grief,
but does not feel them.
As Monday cannot feel Tuesday,
nor Thursday
reach back to Wednesday
…