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Quote by Matsuo Basho

“First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge.”

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Matsuo Basho was a renowned Japanese poet from the Edo period, hailed as the god of haiku. His poetry is characterized by its simplicity, conciseness, and profound meaning, exerting a profound influence on later generations. more

“Imagination transforms one substance into another. It changes what is into what might be, what was into what might have been. Straw becomes gold, gold straw, and neither is more real nor, I submit, more precious than the other. Pebbles turn into luminous pearls and pearls into little gray rocks, both solid and beautiful, both essential. Human beings take shape from clay, angels' wings are spun out of water, fire gives rise to the long tongues of demons, love emerges out of thin air, and the basic elements reconstitute themselves again and again.”

Source: The Man on the Ceiling

“There are so many ways in which we learn about life and the self. Each day opens paths to this exploration. For many of us, books play a major role in that adventure”

Way Book Self Play Roles Path Adventure Majors Each Day Exploration

Author:Ashley Bryan

“The Astonishment Tapes will now take its place within the growing field of international research about postwar American poetry's important contribution to world literature. Miriam Nichols has once again done exceptional scholarship.”

World Important Done Literature Growing Fields Research International Contribution Tape Exceptional Scholarship Astonishment American Poetry Important Contributions World Literature

Author:Peter Gizzi

“I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear and throw him higher. Pittsburgh and happiness high up. The only way to leave even the smallest trace. So that all his life her son would feel gladness unaccountably when anyone spoke of the ruined city of steel in America. Each time almost remembering something maybe important that got lost.”

Way Feels Important America Remember Lost Cities Son Higher Mouths Ears Tiny Spokes Throwing Smallest Steel Ruined Gladness Pittsburgh

Book:The Great Fires: Poems, 1982-1992

Source: The Great Fires: Poems, 1982-1992

“Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down but the angel flies up again taking us with her.”

Heart Dream Lost Dark Doubt Angel Woods Wander Our Dreams Castles Dark Woods

Author:Jack Gilbert

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