5 quotes
The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms.
The Speed of Darkness (1968)
We would try by any means
To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves,
To let go the means, to wake.
The Speed of Darkness (1968)
I lived in the first century of world wars.
Most mornings I would be more or less insane.
The Speed of Darkness (1968)
We would try to imagine them, try to find each other,
To construct peace, to make love, to reconcile
Waking with sleeping, ourselves with each other,
Ourselves with ourselves. We would try by any means
To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves,
To let go the means, to wake.
The Speed of Darkness (1968)
Slowly I would get to pen and paper,
Make my poems for others unseen and unborn.
In the day I would be reminded of those men and women,
Brave, setting up signals across vast distances,
considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined values.
The Speed of Darkness (1968)