A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. ― Robert Frost Public Domain Image via Pixabay
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Quote for Today: Maria Lehtman
If only our words would light up the hearts of others - like the sun awakening spring trees and flowers. We might not worry about the evening shadows any longer. ―Maria Lehtman, The Dew Drops New Morning, Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, MO, 2017, Katherine McDaniel
Quote for Today: Machado de Assis
Lovers' language, give me an exact and poetic comparison to say what those eyes of Capitu were like. No image comes to mind that doesn't offend against the rules of good style, to say what they were and what they did to me. Undertow eyes? Why not? Undertow. That's the notion that the new expression … Continue reading Quote for Today: Machado de Assis
Quote for Today: Herta Müller
I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only pack myself a little differently. ―Herta Müller, The Hunger Angel Public Domain Image via pexels.com
Quote for Today: Diane Setterfield
But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grow pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you. ―Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale Image: Lonely child © Zhao! with CCLicense
Quote for Today: Herta Müller
It seems to me that the objects don't know their material, the gestures don't know their feelings, and the words don't know the mouth that speaks them. But to be certain of our own existence, we need the objects, the gestures, and the words. After all, the more words we are allowed to take, the … Continue reading Quote for Today: Herta Müller
Quote for Today: James Fenton
The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.' When an epitaph is a poem written for a tomb, and appears in a book, we are aware that we are not reading it in its proper form: we are reading a reproduction. The original of the epitaph … Continue reading Quote for Today: James Fenton
