“What you feel in Japanese poetry is always entirely longing.” FeelsLongingPoetry Is Author:Robert Bly
“Some people can't go into church any longer to feel this longing, but they still have the longing, so what do they do? Well, one thing you can do is what people do in prison; they turn to poetry.” PeopleFeelsWellsStillsTurnsCan DoChurchOne ThingLongingPrison Author:Robert Bly
“Adolescents believe that the world belongs to the living, or more particularly to living people their age, so they feel within their rights if they destroy the canon or rewrite the fairy stories or act like Red Guards.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsBelieveStoriesAgeRightsRedFairyCanonFairy Stories Author:Robert Bly
“The inner boy in a messed-up family may keep on being shamed, invaded, disappointed, and paralyzed for years and years. "I am a victim," he says, over and over; and he is. But that very identification with victimhood keeps the soul house open and available for still more invasions. Most American men today do not have enough awakened or living warriors inside to defend their soul houses. And most people, men or women, do not know what genuine outward or inward warriors would look like, or feel like.” PeopleKnowsMenFeelsYearsLooksMayStillsSoulEnoughTodayHouseBoysVictimAvailableGenuineWarriorDisappointedInwardInvasionAwakenedIdentificationMessed UpParalyzedVictimhood Book:Iron John: A Book about Men Source: Iron John: A Book about Men
“One day while studying a Yeats poem I decided to write poetry the rest of my life. I recognized that a single short poem has room for history, music, psychology, religious thought, mood, occult speculation, character, and events of one's own life. I still feel surprised that such various substances can find shelter and nourishment in a poem. A poem in fact may be a sort of nourishing liquid, such as one uses to keep an amoeba alive. If prepared right, a poem can keep an image or a thought or insights on history or the psyche alive for years, as well as our desires and airy impulses.” IfsFeelsWritingYearsWellsMayStillsCharacterFactsUseDesirePoetryReligiousRoomsStudyPsychologyAliveEventsOne DayDecidedPreparedVariousInsightMoodImpulseSubstanceShelterSpeculationLiquidNourishmentOccultAiryYeatsAmoeba Author:Robert Bly
