Poetry Is…

22 June 2007

“Poetry is the least imposition on silence in a world of chatter.”

-Marvin Bell

Time for lunch.

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  • http://www.free2create.com Valerie

    I LOVE that and I can see why that would appeal to you too!
    Have fun amongst the Oregon white oaks…

  • Robert

    Thanks, my love. I’m loving all the wildlife here – even whatever-it-is that is causing me horrible allergies!

  • http://poemsinmyhead.blogspot.com Sorceress

    I’ve so much to learn from you. Thanks for the interesting blog!

  • Robert

    Welcome. :)

  • http://www.free2create.com Valerie

    I thought you might want to compare and contrast:

    “If music were to assume human form and explain its essence, it may say something like this: ‘…I love the vast surface of silence; and it is my chief delight to break it.’”

    — Carl Nielsen
    (the great Danish composer)

  • Robert

    I so love being married to you. :)

  • http://otherpeopleexist.blogspot.com/ Kurt

    Poetry is the means by which man becomes reconciled with the world, secures himself against it, and mystically rises above it” – Edvard Kocbek

  • Robert

    Nice!