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“I'll leave the masque of despair
to the heart: an old dance,
heartbreak, a suitable task.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
to the heart: an old dance,
heartbreak, a suitable task.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
“I, who have lived as a mind, cogito's captive,
must submit: this is a world of body and
spirit. In purity, or violence, the water
receives you, and you become it.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
must submit: this is a world of body and
spirit. In purity, or violence, the water
receives you, and you become it.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
“Even the worst night is a poet's dream.
Be with me. Delight in delight. Even
when falling, Karma's girls can dance.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
Be with me. Delight in delight. Even
when falling, Karma's girls can dance.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
“A voice chants, like a dark chorus:
The solid state is transitory.
Embodiment never lasts past
the heat of passion.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
The solid state is transitory.
Embodiment never lasts past
the heat of passion.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
“All of those places within me, somewhat
lonely, and foreign, where I am homeless,
still remain to be seen.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
lonely, and foreign, where I am homeless,
still remain to be seen.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
“Retouch me. Repair me. But let it be known
that when you see me, I will be restored.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
that when you see me, I will be restored.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
“Silent, I will paint you, kiss
you: blue, immaculate, eternal, perfect
always new.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
you: blue, immaculate, eternal, perfect
always new.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
“There are some women that you tell your
life-story to. The things you were never
going to say. The thing you would never
remember. And all along you are afraid
she will hurt you, hurt you with what
she knows.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
life-story to. The things you were never
going to say. The thing you would never
remember. And all along you are afraid
she will hurt you, hurt you with what
she knows.”
― The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems (Volume 15)
