“blue bead on the wick, there's that in me that burns and chills, blackening my heart with its soot, I think sometimes not Apollo heard me but a different god.” ThinkingHeartDifferentSometimesHeardMy HeartBlueChillApolloBeadsDifferent Gods Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“In the dark I rest, unready for the light which dawns day after day, eager to be shared. Black silk, shelter me. I need more of the night before I open eyes and heart to illumination. I must still grow in the dark like a root not ready, not ready at all.” NeedsHeartStillsLightEyeNightGrowsBlackDarkReadyRootsDawnShelterIlluminationSilkNot ReadyOpen Eyes Book:Evening Train Source: Evening Train
“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
