Dear Poet... 'Move' with Alice Ostriker

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I have been reading all the wonderful letters in the Dear Poet initiative on Poets.org - I find every one touching, both the questions from the school children and the care taken by the poets in responding.

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The correspondence from Alice Ostriker to her poem, Move, though was really moving. I wish I'd had a poet to write to when I was growing up - particularly one who would offer this lovely image: "I was not at all like the salmon or turtle that has no doubts--I only wished I were."

Do read the poem before you read the letters, as many of the images are reflections of 'Move'. And also because, although this project is for children, I think we all want to be:

Thirsty for a destiny like theirs,
An absolute right choice

And it's got me thinking. Which poet would you write to, and about which poem?   

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