Two great things today!
1) As I've been organizing my poems into a manuscript, I looked for articles and hints on organization and poem ordering. I've tried in the past to compile a list of such resources, but found that poet Nancy Chen Long has done a much better job than I ever did. So if you want resources for organizing a manuscript, head on over the Nancy Chen Long's blog, where she curates (there's no other word for what a wonderful job she's done) a comprehensive list of resources.
2) This poem of Jane Hirshfield really speaks to me these days. It's from her collection Given Sugar, Given Salt.
A Cedary Fragrance
Even now,
decades after,
I wash my face with cold water--
Not for discipline,
nor memory,
nor the icy, awakening slap,
but to practice
choosing
to make the unwanted wanted.
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