Patient earth-diggers, impatient fire-makers, Hungry word-takers and roving sound-lovers, Sharers and savers, musers and achers, You who are open to hide or uncover, Time-keepers and –haters, wake-sleepers, sleep-wakers: May language’s language, the silence that lies Under each word, move you over and over, Turning you, wondering, back to surprise.   © Annie Finch. Written as … Continue reading A Blessing on the Poets