“(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart) Edward Estlin Cummings”
― Selected Poems
― Selected Poems
“even after all these winters, I see you sitting there, perched at the edge of sunlight, feeling like the invitation of spring”
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“I buried a nickel under the porch when I was 8, she said, but one day my grandma died & they sold the house & I never got to go back for it.
A nickel used to mean something, I said.
She nodded. It still does, she said & then she started to cry.”
― Story People
A nickel used to mean something, I said.
She nodded. It still does, she said & then she started to cry.”
― Story People
“Why do they treat us like children? they said & I said why do you treat them like adults?
& their eyes opened wide & they began to laugh & talk all at once & suddenly everything looked possible again.”
― Trusting Soul: Collected Stories & Drawings
& their eyes opened wide & they began to laugh & talk all at once & suddenly everything looked possible again.”
― Trusting Soul: Collected Stories & Drawings
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