Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I’m stricken by the ricochet wonder…

Diane Ackerman
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Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I’m stricken by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain everythingness of everything, in cahoots with the everythingness of everything else. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems, p.111, Vintage
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. ✨ Diane Ackerman (1999). Deep Play, Random House Incorporated
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Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, I’m stricken by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain everythingness of everything, in cahoots with the everythingness of everything else. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2011). Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems, p.111, Vintage

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