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 WhytePoetry for me has been a long pilgrimage, a journey and a growing relationship with the unknown.
David WhyteI returned to poetry as a more precise way to describe the world, more precise than science.
David WhyteWhether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.
David WhyteThe workplace needs the poet's gift. But the poet also needs to be educated about the workplace. You're not just coming in to do your art, you're actually making yourself vulnerable. You yourself are not God's gift to truth. You have to hazard yourself in their world, especially because you're inviting people to do the same. It's all about become visible, becoming incarnate, becoming here and now and yet with our eyes on a future horizon; holding the conversation you were meant to hold.
David Whyte