The gift
of the world to us of us
My notebook says it was Bin Ramke quoting Heidegger. When I asked him (Ramke not Heidegger) he had no recollection of having said or quoted it.
Quotes
After a long time of light,
there began to be eyes,
and light began looking
with itself.
Ronald Johnson, Ark
Write carelessly so that
nothing that is not green
will survive.
William Carlos Williams, Paterson. Carelessly — without cares.
Now I fourfold vision see
And a fourfold vision is given to me
‘Tis fourfold in my supreme delight
And three fold in soft Beulahs night
And twofold Always. May God us keep
From Single vision & Newtons sleep
William Blake, Letter to Thomas Butts, 22 November 1802
Poetry is biodegradable
thought.
Jed Rasula, This Compost
Now I am terrified at the earth …
It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions.
Walt Whitman, “This Compost”
the art of compost 