“ In the dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more of the night before I open eyes and heart to illumination. I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all. ”
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“ There's in my mind a... turbulent moonridden girl or old woman, or both, dressed in opals and rags, feathers and torn taffeta, who knows strange songs but she is not kind. ”
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“ Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry. ”
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“ But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go. ”
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“ Yes, he is here in this open field, in sunlight, among the few young trees set out to modify the bare facts he's here, but only because we are here. When we go, he goes with us to be your hands that never do violence, your eyes that wonder, your lives that daily praise life by living it, by laughter. He is never alone here, never cold in the field of graves. ”
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“ The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets in motion...elements in the reader that would otherwise remain stagnant. ”
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“ Yes, he is here in this open field, in sunlight, among the few young trees set out to modify the bare facts he's here, but only because we are here. When we go, he goes with us to be your hands that never do violence, your eyes that wonder, your lives that daily praise life by living it, by laughter. He is never alone here, never cold in the field of graves. ”
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“ বিবাহের অবিরাম বেদনা বিবাহের অবিরাম বেদনা: উরু আর জিভ, হে প্রিয়, এর সঙ্গে বেশ ভারি, তা দাঁতে স্পন্দিত হয় আমরা আংশিদারীর চেষ্টা করি কিন্তু ফিরিয়ে দেয়া হয়, হে প্রিয়, প্রত্যেকে আর প্রত্যেকে এটা হল প্রকাণ্ড হাঙর আর আমরা তার পেটের ভেতরে আনন্দ খুঁজি, কোনও আনন্দ যা এর বাইরে জানা যাবে না দুই বনাম দুই এর সিন্দুকের মধ্যে এর অবিরাম বেদনা । ”
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“ Acknowledgement, and celebration, of mystery probably constitutes the most consistent theme of my poetry. ”
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“ Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise. ”
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“ You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night. ”
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“ You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night. ”
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“ Acknowledgement, and celebration, of mystery probably constitutes the most consistent theme of my poetry. ”
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“ Affliction is more apt to suffocate the imagination than to stimulate it. ”
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“ I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals. ”
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“ Acknowledgement, and celebration, of mystery probably constitutes the most consistent theme of my poetry. ”
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“ Very few people really see things unless they've had someone in early life who made them look at things. And name them too. But the looking is primary, the focus. ”
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“ Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise. ”
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“ The music reached us. Clumsily, stumbling over our own roots, rustling our leaves in answer, we moved, we followed. ”
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“ You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night. ”
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“ Very few people really see things unless they've had someone in early life who made them look at things. And name them too. But the looking is primary, the focus. ”
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“ You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night. ”
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“ The music reached us. Clumsily, stumbling over our own roots, rustling our leaves in answer, we moved, we followed. ”
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“ Acknowledgement, and celebration, of mystery probably constitutes the most consistent theme of my poetry. ”
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