“Outcasts of war, misfits, rebellious souls, Seekers of some vague kingdom in the stars - They hide out in the hills and stir up trouble, Call themselves prophets, too, and prophesy, That something new is coming to the world, The Lord knows what! Well, it's a long time coming, And, meanwhile, we're the wheat between the stones.” KnowsWorldWellsLongWarSoulStarsLordTroubleLong TimeStonesKingdomsHillsProphetSomething NewVagueSeekersRebelliousWheatOutcastMisfits Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“Something begins, begins; Starlit and sunlit, something walks abroad, In flesh and spirit and fire. Something is loosed to change the shaken world.” WorldSpiritWalksFireFlesh Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“I admire the attention other writers can give to the world we're walking in.” WorldGivingAttentionWalkingAdmire Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“Most of the time I'm not really attracted to writing that's focused on filling and fighting it out within a well-defined container. I like work that gets out in the world and lets the world shape the poem.” WorldWritingWellsFightingShapesFocusedDefinedFillingContainers Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“Grant us a common faith that we shall know bread and peace-that we shall know justice and righteousness, freedom and security, an equal opportunity and an equal chance to do our best not only in our own lands, but throughout the world. And in that faith let us march toward the clean world our hands can make.” KnowsWorldHandsFaithOpportunityJusticeChanceCommonLandSecurityEqualCleanBreadMarchGrantsRighteousnessEqual Opportunity Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
