“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendos
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
―
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendos
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
―
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
“I'm at that place I grew up to leave.”
― Fire Water World: Poems
― Fire Water World: Poems
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