Lisel Mueller Quotes

Lisel Mueller is a German-American poet. She won the U.S. National Book Award in 1981 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. Wikipedia

✵ 8. February 1924

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Lisel Mueller Quotes

“How swiftly the strained honey
of afternoon light
flows into darkness

and the closed bud shrugs off
its special mystery
in order to break into blossom:

as if what exists, exists
so that it can be lost
and become precious”

Lisel Mueller

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