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On Being with Krista Tippett
The poem resonated with the author's experiences and helped her to regain her ability to think and respond creatively after a period of spiritual and intellectual stagnation. It was described as the 'spine of the book'.
It's the spine of the book. It's the spine of the book that poem.
— Episode: [Unedited] Karen Armstrong with Krista T...
Episode: [Unedited] Karen Armstrong with Krista Tippett
The poem resonated with the author's experiences and helped her to regain her ability to think and respond creatively after a period of spiritual and intellectual stagnation. It was described as the 'spine of the book'.
It's the spine of the book. It's the spine of the book that poem.
And the first moment when it came back actually was when I heard a lecture reading T.S. Eliot poem Ashwednstein which you find you'll find the beginning of my book.
Well, I had this, well, this poem, as you say, came to me at one of the darker times of my life when I really thought I was losing my mind.
Because I do not hope to turn again because I do not hope. And being, and it was just after I'd made this decision to stop expecting help that this poem came to me with such force.