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“One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent.”
“To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence”
“And so I pray I am today as honestwith myself, with life all around me and below and above me,with all who I encounter.”
“Landscape is my religion....God in a green legend, I lean over the poolIn a testament of leaves. I dangle my twinkling mood Before me in a cool cave roofed with branchesAnd floored with a skin of w...”
“the poet I saw once...but whose words have long beenin my mind, windows of invincible candles... ”
“It is ferocious, life, but it must eat . . .”
“If the incision of our words amounts to nothing but a feeling, a slow motion, it will still cut a better swath than the factory model, the corporate model, the penitentiary model, which by my light...”
“The inkstand is full of ink, and the paper lies white and unspotted, in the round of light thrown by a candle. Puffs of darkness sweep into the corners, and keep rolling through the room behind his...”
“Up the airy mountain,Down the rushy glen,We daren't go a-huntingFor fear of little men.”
“Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surce...”
“Hill tops like hot iron glitter bright in the sun, And the rivers we're eying burn to gold as they run; Burning hot is the ground, liquid gold is the air; Whoever looks round sees Eternity there.”
“Where joy in an old pencil is not absurd.”
“Here they have no time for the fine gracesof poetry, unless it freely growsin deep compulsion, like water in the well,woven into the texture of the soilin a strong pattern.”
“I love being able to see an un-written future.”
“I learned a long, long time ago, that I could accomplish things in this place we call reality and yet still spend most of my time in the better reality of my mind.”
“Dont forget to collect the memories on your journey. Remember, if you only focus on your destination, you will miss out on the benefits of the journey.”
“This is no occupation for an adult who can look other adults in the eye, carry his own weight, and count himself one of them.”
“May the energy of the day always call for celebration." Barbara Botch”
“SOWING LIGHTNINGSeizeBolts of lightning from the skyAnd plant them in fields of life.They will grow like tender sprouts of fire.Charge somber thoughtsWith unexpected flash,You, my lightning in the ...”
“Poetry...... a place for the genuine,Hands that can grasp, eyesthat can dilate, hair that can rise”
