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Quotes from Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems — Linda Hogan

born 1947 United States

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This land is the house we have always lived in

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

Some men sleep
with loose hands that by day are fists
holding fear

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

Let's lie down on the bank of the river
and listen to water's pulse.

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

The bones of this body say, dance.
Dance the story of life

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

Poetry is a form of magic for me.

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

In this valley of trees and river and crystal,
the fault lines of history broke.

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

the red father of war
who signs his name
in the blood of other men

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

when the sun falls
and we are all one color

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

it is a kind of hunger
that brings us to love

Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems (2014)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Linda Hogan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.