Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
~ Adrienne Rich
Apropos of nothing in particular! No unspoken agenda!
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Monday Quote
March 28, 2022
There is always that in poetry which will not be grasped, which cannot be described, which survives our ardent attention, our critical theories, our late-night arguments.
~ Adrienne Rich
I read entire books that say basically this.
A gift for burning
August 23, 2015
It's a strange feeling when Johnny is working and Maggie is away. It's the same feeling when I used to drive cross-country long ago. In those days before computers & cellphones, when I would stop when I got tired or to spend the night in a town I took a shine to, I loved the lonesome feeling that no one knew where I was. I would repeat my favorite Adrienne Rich poem, "Song," from Diving into the Wreck, (which is too good to pull apart to quote from so please look it up). The joy is that I won't always be lonely. Read More