“A Blessing on the Poets Patient earth-digger, impatient fire-maker, Hungry word-taker and roving sound-lover, Sharer and saver, muser and acher, You who are open to hide or uncover, Time-keeper and –hater, wake-sleeper, sleep-waker; May language’s language, the silence that lies Under each word, move you over and over, Turning you, wondering, back to surprise.” LanguageBlessingPoetry QuotesPoets Book:Spells: New and Selected Poems Source: Spells: New and Selected Poems
“Criticism is like politics: if you don't make your own you are by default accepting the status quo and are finally yourself responsible for whatever the status quo does to you.” PoetryPoets Book:The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self Source: The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
“I feel the nights stretching away thousands long behind the days till they reach the darkness where all of me is ancestor.” WitchHalloweenPaganSamhainAncestors Quote Book:Spells: New and Selected Poems Source: Spells: New and Selected Poems
“Point your fire like a flower.” Inspirational QuotesCreativitySummer Solstice Book:Calendars Source: Calendars