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Poetry to me is prayer.


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Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.



Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.



I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.



Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.



As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.



I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.



Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.

Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.



Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.

Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.



O starry night, This is how I want to die

O starry night, This is how I want to die



O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.

O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.





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Beside her I felt grey, like she had all the colours I'd ever need.

Beside her I felt grey, like she had all the colours I'd ever need.



On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.

On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.



Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.

Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.



I never met a lasagna I didn't like

I never met a lasagna I didn't like



Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.

Religion is a thing to be lived. It is not merely sophistry.



One person told me that Christians believe in a king. We believe in a King Jesus who oversees the affairs of mankind. Maybe we're reaching for an earthly king.

One person told me that Christians believe in a king. We believe in a King Jesus who oversees the affairs of mankind. Maybe we're reaching for an earthly king.



When we love, it is not necessary to understand what is happening outside, because everything happens inside us instead.

When we love, it is not necessary to understand what is happening outside, because everything happens inside us instead.



There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.



It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.

It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.




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