Eph (they, them) quoted Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
From a review by Publishers Weekly: National Book Award winner Oliver ( New and Selected …
The part of the psyche that works in concert with consciousness and supplies a necessary part of the poem--the heat of a star as opposed to the shape of a star, let us say--exists in a mysterious, unmapped zone: not unconscious, not subconscious, but cautious.
— Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (Page 7 - 8)
Asterisks imply text italics. Despite the field day for cognitive, neuro, and brain scientists (mysterious unmapped part of the brain), the idea that true poetry, good poetry, emerges from a mystical aspect of consciousness is enchanting, and poetic. One wonders though how actual it is? Can an atheist, say, be a poet? Interesting.