There’s a fierce practicality
There’s a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from. David Whyte
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There’s a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from. David Whyte
In England especially, poetry’s woven into the background fabric of society. And in Ireland, it’s in the foreground. The place of the poet in Irish society is enormous. If you say you’re a poet in Ireland, you’d better know what you’re doing, because the standard and the expectations are incredibly high. David Whyte
A good poem has its own life. It’s like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but the child will surprise you continually. I think a work of art has its own aliveness, its own future. David Whyte
It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life. David Whyte
What we strive for in perfection is not what turns us into the lit angel we desire what disturbs and then nourishes has everything we need. David Whyte
and how we are all preparing for that abrupt waking, and that calling, and that moment we have to say yes, except it will not come so grandly, so Biblically, but more subtly and intimately in the face of the one you know you have to love David Whyte
The tragedy with velocity as the answer to complexity is that, after awhile, you cannot see or comprehend anything that is not traveling at the same speed you are. And you actually start to feel disturbed by people who have a sense of restfulness to their existence. David Whyte
By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It’s an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar. David Whyte
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity. David Whyte
Those who will not slip beneath the still surface on the well of grief turning downward through it s black water to the place we cannot breathe will never know the source from which we drink, the secret water, cold and clear, nor find in the darkness glimmering the small round coins thrown by those … Read more