Recognizing The Moments In Your Life

“When we think of our memories, they’re moments of intensity. Whether they were sorrowful or happy, moments of great loneliness or moments of great communion — we live for these moments in our life. And I do think poetry is a way of recognizing the moments in your life. But also a way of preserving them,” Wiman tells Moyers. “One of the ways in which I feel close to God is writing poetry.”

~ Christian Wiman

Poet Christian Wiman on Love, Faith, and Cancer from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.

See also:

• Christian Wiman reads two poems, Moyers & Company, February 24, 2012
• Wiman, C. (2013). My bright abyss: Meditation of a modern believer. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. [library]
• "Jolts From Life: Christian Wiman Talks About ‘My Bright Abyss’," by John Williams, The New York Times: Arts Beat, April 10, 2013