an introduction to my good friend galway kinnell

[waywardsmile]

St. Francis And The Sow

The bud
stands for all things,
even those things that don't flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing;
as

Comments

[snowfallsilent]

"little sleep's-head..." is one of my favorite poems ever. every time that i read it, it blows me away completely. it's almost unbearably beautiful.

[papahood]

beautiful stuff,now you've got us wanting more!