One of the great functions of art
is to help us imagine
what it is like to be
not
ourselves,
what it is like
to be someone
or something else,
what it is like to live
in another skin,
what it is like
to live in another body,
and in that sense to surpass ourselves,
to go out beyond ourselves.
Published by Anthony Wilson
I am a lecturer, poet and writing tutor. I work in teacher and medical education at the University of Exeter. My anthology Lifesaving Poems was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015. In 2012 I published Riddance (Worple Press), a collection of poems, and Love for Now (Impress Books), a memoir, about my experience of cancer. The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, is available now from Blue Diode Publishing. My current research project, funded by the Foyle Foundation, is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
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And how badly we all need this!
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Yes!
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I enjoyed hearing this clip, Anthony. Thank you! I am fond of her famous poem, “Diving into the Wreck,” which I am now connecting with your former post about not feeling “chipper.”
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Thank you so much. It’s a great poem. I had not made that link to ‘Chipper’, but, yes, it is there. With best wishes, Anthony
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