POETRY
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
— Marianne Moore
cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
POETRY
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
— Marianne Moore
YOU
You want everything. Like those who have always been happy.
— Therese Raquin (Simone Signoret in the 1953 movie based on Emile Zola’s novel)
PATRIOTISM
Patriotism is a menace to liberty.
– Emma Goldman
(thanks to Jim Morrissey for sharing this one)
ARTISTS
An artist should want only one thing and want it constantly.
— Andre Gide
MASOCHISM
Masochism is a perverted attempt to express a (prohibited) desire. And usually involves a bid for ecstasy.
— Emmanuel Ghent, “Masochism, Submission, Surrender”