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Tue 3 Jan 2017

Our real work

Posted by PJ under journeys, letting go, poetry, the path, work
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Random quote of the day:

“It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come our real work,

and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.

The mind that is not baffled is not employed.

The impeded stream is the one that sings.”

—Wendell Berry, “The Real Work”

 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 5 Dec 2016

Comet

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day, stars
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Random quote of the day:

“The revelations of poetry are as wonderful as a comet in the skies—and as mysterious.”

—James Thurber, “Thinking Ourselves Into Trouble”

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Fri 30 Sep 2016

Kaleidoscope

Posted by PJ under hearts, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken.
It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”

—D. H. Lawrence, “Pomegranate”

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 1 Sep 2016

Flow

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day, voice, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Poetry is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.”

—Adrienne Rich, What Is Found There

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Fri 26 Aug 2016

Suggestion

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again.”

—Mark Strand, The Paris Review, Fall 1998, No. 148

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Wed 17 Feb 2016

Sea

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly the air.”

—Carl Sandburg, Good Morning, America

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Mon 4 Jan 2016

New growth

Posted by PJ under growth, new year, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Tender words we spoke
to one another
are sealed
in the secret vaults of heaven.
One day like rain,
they will fall to earth
and grow green
all over the world.”

—Jelaluddin Rumi,
“Tender Words”

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Tue 17 Nov 2015

The Kingdom

Posted by PJ under childhood, death, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.”

—Edna St. Vincent Millay,
“Childhood Is The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies”

You can read the entire remarkable poem here.

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Tue 14 Jul 2015

Piggies

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Poets and pigs are only appreciated after their death.”

—Italian proverb

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Fri 22 May 2015

Beat of feet

Posted by PJ under poetry, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.”

—Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard, February 1902 (tr. Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget)

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