#poetry

"Chlorophylia [10w] + {Couplet} Few things amaze as the paletteof the autumn blaze."

"The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation and appearance could be followed."

"The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.For nothing now can ever come to any good."

"Always be a poet, even in prose."

"Beyond the Place of Turning Back ↺ "Sometimes I wish to fly so far sou⇟hit's stars beyond the place of turning back↺"

"I dream like a dew drop in the nightThen glitter in the morning sunlightThen it evaporates to embrace the sky"

"even in the loneliest momentsi have been therefor myself."

"If You Can't Think, You've No Right to Speak [10w] Our Constitution's guarantee of free speech specifically excludes fucking idiots."

"I have been to lots of partiesand acted perfectly disgracefulbut I never actually collapsedoh Lana Turner we love you get up"

"Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory."

"Love me in actions, not in words."

"Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a bad marriage."He laughs and says, "Drive carefully."The officer lets me go.Beyond the practical lesson thatmaking a policeman laugh may get you off the hook,there's a certain poetry here in the unexpected connection ~for what is a poemif not a moment of surpriseworth retelling."

"Goose Neck [10w] Whenever a goose has a car accident, the traffic sucks."

"The Poet's Limitless Imagination [10w] The stringy shit from my goldfish turns him into a kite."

"We sit and talk,quietly, with long lapses of silenceand I am aware of the streamthat has no language, coursingbeneath the quiet heaven ofyour eyeswhich has no speech"

"Fucking 3rd World Taxi Drivers [10w] Taxi drivers have ruined more vacations than tsunamis or earthquakes."

"Thorny Love [10w] A thorn by any other name would hurt as much."

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."

"Wishing Wells [10w] Wishes fall to the bottom of wells;only faith floats."

"A tough life needs a tough language—and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers—a language powerful enough to say how it is."