There are places inside of you that only poetry can access.
That exists in a "mysterious, unmapped zone: not unconscious, not subconscious, but cautious"
For that reason, poetry nourishes as much as it divulges authentic truth and beauty.
Renowned poet Mary Oliver once described this place as “that wild, silky part of ourselves”
About
Nourish and Things is a space to share a love of poetry and to give readers, especially those who may not typically read poetry, an opportunity to discover uncomplicated prose meant to inspire, relate, and satisfy.
Hannah Rogers is a poet and the founder of Nourish and Things.
My poems are born of observations and the churnings of imagination. The inherent themes are not unique. My goal is shared relatability. I navigate the basic human emotions that we all experience, those that rapidly change from one to the next, such as love turning to loss turning to grief and rage then nostalgia and fondness. These themes sit inside other larger and just as relatable, but less changing, landscape, such as womanhood, motherhood, and the landscape of the soul which feels too wild for modern life.