Jean Klein:
“Live with these sayings. Live in identity with the silence in the sayings.
What you are looking for is already there, before all physical appearance. It is. So all looking can only lead to an object.
Don’t try to find a cause for happiness or moments of fulfillment. There is no cause. As long as you look for, and give, a cause,…
Congrats with the novel, Devin! And these Philip Levine poems side by side highlighted through your tender, intelligent comments are exquisite. Timing is perfect. Lately, reflections regarding the badge of usefulness are flooding through me. "warm, useless" wow, that's it! Thank you.