Reminder
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010When I was alone, poetry comforted me. When I was utterly doomed, poetry saved me. When I was lost, poetry led me home. What more could I possibly ask of art?
When I was alone, poetry comforted me. When I was utterly doomed, poetry saved me. When I was lost, poetry led me home. What more could I possibly ask of art?
As a reminder, the William Carlos Williams machine is still around. I recently remembered it, and it brought a small bit of delight.
Something’s coming. To speak it is to prevent it.
So much sunlight in words, in spaces and otherness. I have a head full of tin whistle and metered lines, and snow is in the forecast, and I am lightened and shrivened by the north wind.