I found a copy of Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook at the used book store last week. I picked it up this morning and these sentences jumped off the page.
(Found poetry from p. 9)
Reblogged from the Lexington Poetry Month blog.
Beyond the margins of the self
Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem
after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the river
waves. None is timeless; each arrives
in an historical context; almost
everything, in the end, passes. But the desire
to make a poem, and the world’s willingness to receive
it—indeed, the world’s need of it—
these never pass.
The Daily Compost 
I commented over there, but also wanted to mention that for some reason this also reminds me about dolls. I was thinking that dolls of one kind or another are always around, but they change based on “historical context” and more. Anyway, I agree about poetry!
How surprising that this reminds you of dolls! 😉 But it’s a very cool insight; maybe it will even stir up some poetry…