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Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998

Book by Linda Pastan · 2 quotes · Dreams, Poem, Poetry

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All Dreams Poem Poetry Snow Wants Winter

Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998 Quotes

“the snow has forgotten how to stop it falls stuttering at the glass a silk windsock of snow blowing under the porch light”

Poetry Poem Winter Snow

Book:Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998

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“What We Want What we want is never simple. We move among the things we thought we wanted: a face, a room, an open book and these things bear our names -- now they want us. But what we want appears in dreams, wearing disguises. We fall past, holding out our arms and in the morning our arms ache. We don't remember the dream, but the dream remembers us. It is there all day as an animal is there under the table, as the stars are there.”

Dreams Wants

Book:Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998

Source: Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998