Kurt Vonnegut
Quoth the doorbell with its silence, no comment at this time. ― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake. (Vintage Books; New Ed edition August 1, 1998) Originally published 1997.
Month: November 2016
Muriel Rukeyser
Waiting for Icarus He said he would be back and we’d drink wine together He said that everything would be better than before He said we were on the edge of a new relation He said he would never again cringe before his father He said that he was going to invent full-time He said… Continue reading Muriel Rukeyser
Sena Jeter Naslund
If you meet a woman of whatever complexion who sails her life with strength and grace and assurance, talk to her! And what you will find is that there has been a suffering, that at some time she has left herself for hanging dead. — Sena Jeter Naslund, Ahab’s Wife, or The Star-Gazer. (William Morrow… Continue reading Sena Jeter Naslund
Sohrab Sepehri
No, unity is impossible. There’s always distance although the curve of the stream makes a nice pillow for the sweet slumber of the morning glory. There is always distance. One should be ‘afflicted’ or else the bewildered murmuring between words would be wasted. And love is a journey to a culminating brightness of the solitude… Continue reading Sohrab Sepehri
André Malraux
The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness. — André Malraux
Jack Spicer
When he first brought his music into hell He was absurdly confident. Even over the noise of the shapeless fires And the jukebox groaning of the damned Some of them would hear him. In the upper world He had forced the stones to listen. It wasn’t quite the same. And the people he remembered Weren’t… Continue reading Jack Spicer
Tom Waits
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. ― Tom Waits
Ditta Baron Hoeber
I miss you. sometimes. or. sometimes I notice that I miss you. b. I think that I miss you. always. it, a wishing word. always. no one. is here for always. still. you are still within reach. dare I. reach. if I open my hand. and close my hand to hold. can I trust… Continue reading Ditta Baron Hoeber
Horace
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death. – Horace
Theodore Roethke
It is difficult to say all things are well, When the worst is about to arrive; It is fatal to woo yourself, However graceful the posture. Loved heart, what can I say? When I was a lark, I sang; When I was a worm, I devoured. The self says, I am;… Continue reading Theodore Roethke
The Vale of Soul-Making 