No map to help us find the tranquil flat lands, clearings calm, fields without mean fences. Rolling down the other side of life our compass is the sureness of ourselves. Time may make us rugged, ragged round the edges, but know and understand that love is still the safest place to land. Rod McKuen
Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?
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Virginia Woolf
Remembrance and reflection how allied! What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide!
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Alexander Pope
Don't be afraid of poetry.
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Clifton Fadiman
No one could say the stories were uselessfor as the tongue clackedfive or forty fingers stitchedcorn was grated from the huskpathwork was piecedor the darning was done...(from 'The Storyteller Poems')
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Liz Lochhead
You bear a sword and shield, remind meof her labor, her stoning gaze. What beastwill your blade free next? What call will you loosefrom another woman's throat?
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Donika Kelly
More Quotes By Rod McKuen
Unless you call attentionto your presencewho will know you're there? Even a countryhas to weave and wave a flagas proof of its existence.
The journey back is always longer than the forward run.
I have fallen in love with the world And I am aware that I have chosenthe most dangerous lover of them all.
I went back to look for you. Not understanding the language of hello, I thought I’d speak it just the same.
No map to help us find the tranquil flat lands, clearings calm, fields without mean fences. Rolling down the other side of life our compass is the sureness of ourselves. Time may make us rugged, ragged round the edges, but know and understand that love...
