4 quotes
A poet's hope: to be,
like some valley cheese,
local, but prized elsewhere.
Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems (1972)
"Healing,"
Papa would tell me,
"is not a science,
but the intuitive art
of wooing Nature."
Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems (1972)
It's natural the Boys should whoop it up for
so huge a phallic triumph, an adventure
it would not have occurred to women
to think worth while, made possible only
because we like huddling in gangs and knowing
the exact time.
Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems (1972)
A grand gesture. But what does it period?
What does it osse? We were always adroiter
with objects than lives, and more facile
at courage than kindness: from the moment
the first flint was flaked this landing was merely
a matter of time. But our selves, like Adam's,
still don't fit us exactly, modern
only in this—our lack of decorum.
Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems (1972)