Eph (they, them) quoted Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
From a review by Publishers Weekly: National Book Award winner Oliver ( New and Selected …
Who knows what it is, that wild, silky part of ourselves without which no poem can live?
— Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (Page 8)
So seductive to believe in this mystical mystery that graces the poet that we want it even if our rational brain says it is just poetic license :).