“I never feel that I have comprehended an emotion, or fully lived even the smallest events, until I have reflected upon it in my journal; my pen… Read more "Truest Confidant"
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‘soul not found’
so much laughter…
The Only Man
“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.” ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856…… Read more “The Only Man”
Comma
“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”… Read more "Comma"
A New Proposition
-- "Faith is not being sure. It is not being sure, but betting with your last cent... Faith is not a series of gilt-edged propositions that you… Read more "A New Proposition"
Everything Unresolved
“. . . I would like to beg you dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to…… Read more “Everything Unresolved”
‘And even those…
'And even those who are neither leaders nor heroes must arm themselves with that steadfastness of heart which can brave even the crumbling of all hopes. This… Read more "‘And even those…"
Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties…
I will try at some juncture to say my own bit here, but for now let me say that this is one of the most inspiring…… Read more “Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties…”
Writer’s Quotes
“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”…… Read more “Writer’s Quotes”
/Difference
In My Good Deathby Dalia Shevin, for David Shevin in loving memory I will find myself waist deep in high summer grass. The hummingshock of the golden…… Read more “/Difference”
widgets & gadgets & gore
I don’t have my mind very sensical yet — still trying to figure out all the widgets and gadgets and gore — but here’s something to chew…… Read more “widgets & gadgets & gore”
Idiolalia 