“how seasonably leaf and blossom uncurl and living things arrange their death, while someone from afar off blows birthday candles for the world.” WorldBlowMortalityCandleLeafsLiving ThingsAfar Book:The Selected Poems of Irving Layton Source: The Selected Poems of Irving Layton
“A poet is deeply conflicted and it's in his work that he reconciles those deep conflicts. The place is the harbor. It doesn't set the world in order, you know, it's the place of reconciliation. It's the Consolamentum, the kiss of peace.” KnowsWorldOrderPoetConflictKissingReconciliationHarborsReconcile Author:Irving Layton
