“So why do we insist He has vanished, that death ran off with our Everything worth having? Why not that he was Swimming only through this life--his slow, Graceful crawl, shoulders rippling, Legs slicing away at the waves, gliding Further into what life itself denies? He is only gone so far as we can tell. Though When I try, I see the white cloud of his hair In the distance like an eternity.”
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Tracy K. Smith is an American poet known for her profound poetry that often explores themes of race, identity, and human experience. Born on April 16, 1972, Smith graduated from Harvard University and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. Her poetry collection 'Life on Mars' won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2011. more
“The dead with the dead, the living with the living.”
“It wouldn’t be so bad, to actually be living; it would be pretty nice.”
“The greatest literature is the Biblical stories.”
“We live in a world where we grow in dispersion and unite in rivalry.”