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Garrison Keillor Read Several Of My Poems On 'the Writer's Almanac' And I've Heard From Listeners Nationally And Internationally. That's One Of The Great Gifts Of Email.

Exercise Stimulates Your Circulation, Massages Your Internal Organs, Stretches And Strengthens Your Muscles, And Energizes You. Exercise Is Also A Great Way To Discharge Tension, Work Through Emotional Blocks, Release Anger, And Gain Self-esteem.

So Much Inspires Me. People Living Their Lives With Courage, Beauty Of All Kinds, Nature In All Its Aspects, People I Love And People I Hardly Know, And, Of Course, Other Poets.

Poetry Is The Most Intimate Of All Writing. I Want To Speak First From Me To Myself And Then From Me To You.

To Love Life, To Love It Even When You Have No Stomach For It And Everything You've Held Dear Crumbles Like Burnt Paper In Your Hands, Your Throat Filled With The Silt Of It. When Grief Sits With You, Its Tropical Heat Thickening The Air, Heavy As Water More Fit For Gills Than Lungs; When Grief Weights You Like Your Own Flesh Only More Of It, An Obesity Of Grief, You Think, How Can A Body Withstand This? Then You Hold Life Like A Face Between Your Palms, A Plain Face, No Charming Smile, No Violet Eyes, And You Say, Yes, I Will Take You I Will Love You, Again.