Have you tried yoga? A good class will turn you into jelly and have you sweating balls (not hot yoga, that's bs) and your mind is transcended for the next few hours at least. I've just been getting into poetry too! I put it down for a long time honestly, but if you just read it freely for enjoyment it's great. I think my problem was the obnoxious analysis and interpretation my teachers do with us at school. "Here the writer is clearly employing the 'I' in 'I like purple cats' to emphasize the versatility of an expanding universe to give power to the Greek titan Atlas, obviously represented by the 'cat.'" Yeah. Obviously. but I think there's a lot to be appreciated when you find your niche and dig in. I think this is going to motivate me to do some more poetry reading :D thanks! I'm trying to pick up meditation but I find it hard to sit down and just do it.