“Forget decorated generals, tell me about Private Ryan.”
A New Friend http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21370/A_New_Friend
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“Forget decorated generals, tell me about Private Ryan.”
A New Friend http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21370/A_New_Friend
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“Wherever I go, I run into myself.”
"Motion," p. 31
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Happiness of Atoms”
“Art is apotheosis; often, the complaint of beauty.”
Dancing of Sounds http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21378/Dancing_of_Sounds
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“Do not look too far for you will see nothing.”
“Here and There,” p. 76
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “What After”
“Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale.”
“A Fairy Tale and the End,” p. 40
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: "Forgotten Place”
“They are both spectacular, life and death.”
"Hush," p. 61
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Big Chamber”
Task of a Poet http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21367/Task_of_a_Poet
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“Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return.”
“Reprise,” p. 50
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: "Forgotten Place”
“Into the day as by dream I swim to the music of nourished meaning.”
“Spring Music,” 34
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”
“I fly through memory to find a newborn love.”
Ghazal of Love http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21368/Ghazal_of_Love
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“When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open.”
“Roads,” p. 79
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Same and Change”
“Beauty is a cheap word, but beauty remains priceless.”
Words and Beauty http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-and-beauty/
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“For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else’s face.”
“Whisper Your Secret to Me,” p. 129
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Sound of the Silence”
“Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.”
“Eternity and Eternity,” p. 32
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”
“If emptiness is endless, then everything rests in emptiness.”
"The Sign and Emptiness," p. 9
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Supreme Sign”
“In every sound sleeps the silence.”
“Scream,” p. 34
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Forest of the Universe”
“How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive.”
“Unuttered Words,” p. 59
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“The most complicated skill is to be simple.”
Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity
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“And this that you call solitude is in fact a big crowd.”
"The Shape and Society," p. 19
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Happiness of Atoms”
“Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Is that all?”
Faith http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21392/Faith_
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