“Though I play at the edges of knowing,
truly I know
our part is not knowing,
but looking, and touching, and loving”
― Why I Wake Early
truly I know
our part is not knowing,
but looking, and touching, and loving”
― Why I Wake Early
“Invention hovers always a little above the rules.”
― A Poetry Handbook
― A Poetry Handbook
“Knowledge has entertained me and it has shaped me and it has failed me. Something in me still starves.”
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“Therefore, dark past,
I’m about to do it.
I’m about to forgive you
for everything.”
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I’m about to do it.
I’m about to forgive you
for everything.”
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“It was ...
a love engendering
gentleness and goodness
that moved me
and that I saw in you”
― Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems
a love engendering
gentleness and goodness
that moved me
and that I saw in you”
― Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems
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