More childish behavior.More ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals’to feed the fires we light of our neurosesso we can see each other across distancesof not giving a damn. — Bob Hicock, from “Hope is a Thing with Feathers that Smacks Into a Window,” Words for Empty and Words for Full (University of Pittsburgh Press; 1st edition, March… Continue reading Bob Hicock
Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It’s like the difference between being broke and being poor. — Townes Van Zandt, from the documentary Be Here To Love Me (Palm Pictures, 2005)
I remember the cloud on its blue bicyclegliding over the leaves under the bare branches.You and I were walking.You wore your long green dresswith the hem frayed so the loose threadsseemed like tiny roots.We were holding hands when my handbecame a yellow scarfand you stood waving it slowly. — Gregory Orr, from “Daffodil Poem,” The… Continue reading Gregory Orr
The Vale of Soul-Making 