“The walls awave with sumac shadow.”
About This Quote
— History has ended. — The past has become too accessible. — A romantic poetry, a poeticizing to stay young and renew what is seen. — With distance, a new way to string together and build/project a sense of love.
More from Richard Wilbur
“And I, too, don’t know toward what undreamt condition inch by inch I go.”
“Joy’s trick is to supply dry lips with what can cool and slake, leaving them dumbstruck…”
“It’s best when laundry ends up being dry.”
“Because he swings so neatly through the trees, an ape feels natural in the word trapeze.”