No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain.
Mark Strand...In another time, What cannot be seen will define us, and we shall be prompted To say that language is error, and all things are wronged By representation. The self, we shall say, can never be Seen with a disguise, and never be seen without one.
Mark StrandIn a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.
Mark StrandBut I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving.
Mark Strand