Poem Of The Week

“Home For Bats” by John de Gruyther

In a feature, I have imaginatively called “Poem of The Week”, I hope to share with you my favourite poems. I am not a literary critic so I will not try to analyse them but just let the verses speak for themselves.

I believe a poem is intensely personal to each individual and whilst it is interesting to know what motivated the author, I think it is much better to just feel the words.

This week I have chosen “What It Is” by Erich Fried or “Was es ist” in its original German. This is a poem I discovered for the first time this week and I think it is rather splendid.

I love the image of all these feelings and emotions having a conversation with each other and love ultimately being the voice who counsels peace and understanding, with its simple mantra “It is what it is”