The right format makes a difference. I love it! And here's my response to something that makes me feel good. It's my favorite quote, from Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins. "Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." This has been my favorite since I read the book in my 20s. In the context of today's world, with a TFG-led GOP, the rebellious and immature are more worrisome. I mean them in the way that John Lewis meant "good trouble."
I love poetry that packs a punch in the fewest words, like this snippet from one of Dylan Thomas' poems: "...the heron-priested shore." It's like an entire painting in 4 words.
My apologies--as soon as I posted this the formatting of the poem got messed up. This is what it should look like:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45502/the-red-wheelbarrow
The right format makes a difference. I love it! And here's my response to something that makes me feel good. It's my favorite quote, from Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins. "Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." This has been my favorite since I read the book in my 20s. In the context of today's world, with a TFG-led GOP, the rebellious and immature are more worrisome. I mean them in the way that John Lewis meant "good trouble."
Great quote. I think you're right about John Lewis. We really need more people like him (to the extent that there are other people like him).
I love poetry that packs a punch in the fewest words, like this snippet from one of Dylan Thomas' poems: "...the heron-priested shore." It's like an entire painting in 4 words.
Beautiful.
Wallace Steven's "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" is right up there as well.