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“No one has yet tested the pencil
To see how many words it can write”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
To see how many words it can write”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
“Night is the sleep of seven wax moths
Dawn is the singing of five mermaids
Noon is the scratching of three field mice
Dusk is the shadow of a crow”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
Dawn is the singing of five mermaids
Noon is the scratching of three field mice
Dusk is the shadow of a crow”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
“The lofty bookshelves sag
Under thousands of sleeping souls
Silence, hopeful -
Every time I open a book, a soul is awakened.”
― Yours Truly & Other Poems
Under thousands of sleeping souls
Silence, hopeful -
Every time I open a book, a soul is awakened.”
― Yours Truly & Other Poems
“If I breathe, what will my heart think?
If I vomit, what will my soul think?”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
If I vomit, what will my soul think?”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
“Many people pretend to be in thought, proving thought to be a beautiful thing.
But the bald man doesn’t need a comb, the tiger doesn’t need weapons, the fool doesn’t need thought. The person with no needs is practically a sage, but the sage also needs to count the rivers across the iron bridge to pass the time. This is the difference between the sage and the fool.”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
But the bald man doesn’t need a comb, the tiger doesn’t need weapons, the fool doesn’t need thought. The person with no needs is practically a sage, but the sage also needs to count the rivers across the iron bridge to pass the time. This is the difference between the sage and the fool.”
― Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems
