blue-gold sky, fresh cloud, emerald-black mountain, trees on rocky ledges, on the summit, the tiny pin of a telephone tower-all brilliantly clear, in shadow and out. and on and through everything everywhere the sun shines without reservation (p. 97)
alchoholism barbara-blatner cancer colon-cancer conflict daughters death death-and-dying death-and-love death-and-sickness death-and-son death-of-a-loved-one dying grief grievindeath-and-daughters grieving-the-loss-of-a-mother hate healing love memoirs mother new-york-quarterly poem poems poetry son verse verses

About This Quote

Themes

  • Death — Contemplations on mortality, loss, and the legacy we leave
  • Love — Quotes exploring romantic love, compassion, and human connection
  • Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression

More quotes by Barbara Blatner, The Still Position: A Verse Memoir of My Mother's Death

“oh. she heard it too-no waters coursing, canyon empty, sun soundless- and the beast your life nowhere hiding (p. 103)”
— Barbara Blatner, The Still Position: A Verse Memoir of My Mother's Death
alcoholism barbara-blatner cancer colon-cancer

“...gripping the rim of the sink you claw your way to stand and cling there, quaking with will, on heron legs, and still the hot muck pours out of you. (p. 27)”
— Barbara Blatner, The Still Position: A Verse Memoir of My Mother's Death
alcoholism barbara-blatner cancer colon-cancer

“once ruffle-skirted vanity table where I primped at thirteen, opening drawers to a private chaos of eyeshadows lavender teal sky-blue, swarms of hair pins pony tail fasteners, stashes of powders, c...”
— Barbara Blatner, The Still Position: A Verse Memoir of My Mother's Death
cancer colon-cancer death death-and-dying
View all quotes by Barbara Blatner, The Still Position: A Verse Memoir of My Mother's Death →

Related Quotes

“In Russia, drunks are our kindest people. Our kindest people are also the most drunk.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
alchoholism russia satire

“Disobey God and you are forgiven. Disobey Nature and you get disease.”
— Nancy S. Mure
cancer chemotherapy disease eat

“Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a sid...”
— John Green
cancer depression dying life

“Cancer. The word meant the same to me as tsunami or piranha. I had never seen them; I wasn't even quite sure what they were, but I knew they were bad and I knew in many cases they were deadly.”
— Natalie Palmer, Second Kiss
cancer fear second-kiss