“It is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats Spring electricity Coney Island the 4th of July the eyes of mice and Niagara Falls) that my poems are competing.” EyeFallPoetSpringRoseIslandsElectricityMiceCompeting4th Of JulyJulyLocomotivesNiagaraNiagara FallsConey Island Book:Is 5 Source: Is 5
“But evil fortune has decreed, (The foe of mice as well as men) The royal mouse at last should bleed, Should fall ne'er to arise again.” MenShouldWellsLastsFallEvilFortuneDisappointmentAriseMiceRoyalFoe Book:The Poems of Hill, Cawthorn, and Bruce Source: The Poems of Hill, Cawthorn, and Bruce
“Remember that your tracks are one strand of the web woven endlessly in the hand of god. They're tied to those of the mouse in the field, the eagle on the mountain, the crab in its hold, the lizard beneath its rock. The leaf that falls to the ground a thousand miles away touches your life. The impress of your foot in the soil is felt through a thousand generations.” HandsRememberFallFeltGenerationsFeetRocksFieldsThousandMountainTrackMilesSoilTiedImpressMiceLeafsEaglesWovenStrandsMiles AwayHands Of GodCrabsThousand MilesLizards Author:Daniel Quinn
“When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.” LastsFallMorningDisappearHillsHuntingMiceHuntersHuntsMistDeerBuffaloElkMorning Mist Author:Chief Joseph