tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790892236932035227.post5027258742892628136..comments2016-06-26T16:56:44.972-07:00Comments on The Women Behind The Poetry: Interview With Ruth Calder MurphyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790892236932035227.post-75914731270130547292014-05-09T02:19:54.716-07:002014-05-09T02:19:54.716-07:00I love your 'What is poetry? poem, Ruth, and I...I love your 'What is poetry? poem, Ruth, and I very much relate to this perspective of poetry, and to how you speak of it as your lifesaver. I've also had this experience in my own life, especially when I was younger. And that feeling of poetry being like a 'vessel of the soul'. Beautiful! Here is one of my favorite lines: " I can put the horror there, and the joy, the ecstasy and exhilaration, the mania and the despair. Poetry holds it, gives it expression and keeps it safe until I can step back and look at it without being consumed by it." Indeed! Thank you for this introspective interview, dear Ruth, and for the lovely appreciations you give Journey of The Heart. <br />Catherine L. Schweighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475995898830736996noreply@blogger.com