I slept little, read a lot, and fell in love frequently.

Charles Simic
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I slept little, read a lot, and fell in love frequently.
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Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. ✨ Charles Simic (1990). Selected Poems, 1963-1983, George Braziller
The plain truth is we are going to die. Here I am, a teeny spec surrounded by boundless space and time, arguing with the whole of creation, shaking my fist, sputtering, growing even eloquent at times … ▶
To submit to chance is to reveal the self and its obsessions. ✨ Dime-store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell. Book by Charles Simic, therumpus.net. 1992.
Poetry is an orphan of silence. ✨ Charles Simic (1985). The Uncertain Certainty: Interviews, Essays, and Notes on Poetry
If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church. ✨ Charles Simic (1997). Orphan Factory: Essays and Memoirs

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