Longing Quote by Eliza Griswold

“I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and longing.” quote by Eliza Griswold — Download Open image

“I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and longing.”

Eliza Griswold

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If we think about folk forms, they belong to disenfranchised people, people who have not been allowed access to the poetry of literature or the leisure time that comes with the pursuit of poetry. Instead, this is ceremony. This is a highly charged way to create a sacred space that isn't necessarily about God, but is about human experience at…

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