Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.
The world is not with us enough. O taste and see.
We call it "Nature"; only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be "Nature" too.
Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.
When you're really caught up in writing a poem, it can be a form of prayer. I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer. I feel it in different degrees and not with every poem. But in certain ways writing is a form of prayer.
You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.