“The AvowalAs swimmers dareto lie face to the skyand water bears them,as hawks rest upon airand air sustains them;so would I learn to attain freefall, and floatinto Creator Spirit's deep embrace,knowing no effort earnsthat all-surrounding grace.” FacesSpiritLyingWaterEffortKnowingGraceAirBearsEmbraceCreatorHawksSwimmer Author:Denise Levertov
“A blind man. I can stare at him ashamed, shameless. Or does he know it? No, he is in a great solitude. O, strange joy, to gaze my fill at a stranger's face. No, my thirst is greater than before.” KnowsMenDoeI CanFacesJoyGreaterStrangeSolitudeBlindCuriosityStrangerStaringAshamedThirstBlindnessShamelessBlind Man Book:Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, William Carlos Williams Source: Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, William Carlos Williams
“It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart.” KnowsMindHeartKindSelfMomentsFacesCan DoWorstAweCracksShells Book:The Stream & the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes Source: The Stream & the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes
