Poetry has its own laws speaking for the life of the planet. It is a language that wants to bring back together what the other words have torn apart.
Linda HoganIt has seemed so strange to me that the larger culture, with its own absence of spirit and lack of attachment for the land, respects these very things about Indian traditions, without adopting those respected ways themselves.
Linda HoganBetween earth and earth's atmosphere, the amount of water remains constant; there is never a drop more, never a drop less. This is a story of circular infinity, of a planet birthing itself.
Linda HoganMystery is part of each life, and maybe it is healthier to uphold it than to spend a lifetime in search of half-made answers.
Linda HoganThere is a still place, a gap between the worlds, spoken by the tribal knowings of thousands of years. In it are silent flyings that stand aside from human struggles and the designs of our own makings. At times, when we are silent enough, still enough, we take a step into such mystery, the place of spirit, and mystery, we must remember, by its very nature does not wish to be known.
Linda Hogan