“You do not have to be good…you only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves…whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination.” Oh yes, how I’ve often thought that two of the hardest words to understand in the English language are just and only.

Meanwhile, here is one brilliant poet honoring and personalizing the work of another brilliant poet, both national treasures to be sure. I’d hate to think how I would have gotten through some of the hardest times of my life without these two. Here is a little church for today: