October 2020 – catsignal

Quotable 383

I want my poems to be wiser than I am, to know more about themselves than I do.
– John Hollander

downwind –
their smoke break
filters through our masks

Poetry gives voice to the things we cannot describe. And it gives meaning to that which we cannot explain.
– Guy Stagg

outdoor table –
keeping a close watch
on Venus

Poetry as an art form gives us practice caring about others.
– Tracy K. Smith

food run –
sunshine, rainbow
after we get wet

One of the jobs of poetry is to make the unbearable bearable by clear, precise confrontation.
– Richard Wilbur

hot night
little fan
gets no rest