The sea has this contradictory quality, that the more you see of it, the more it overwhelms the eye and disappears in its own brightness. Like a flame, whose meaning is light but whose centre is dark, it demands to be undefined.
There are times when the voice of repining is completely drowned out by various louder voices: the voice of government, the voice of taste, the voice… - Alice Oswald
There are times when the voice of repining is completely drowned out by various louder voices: the voice of government, the voice of taste, the voice…
- Alice Oswald
Spring, when the earth tilts closer to the sun, runs a strict timetable of flowers. - Alice Oswald
Spring, when the earth tilts closer to the sun, runs a strict timetable of flowers.
I stood looking down through the beech trees. When I threw a stone I could count to five before the splash. Then I jumped in a rush of gold to the he… - Alice Oswald
I stood looking down through the beech trees. When I threw a stone I could count to five before the splash. Then I jumped in a rush of gold to the he…
Most spiders eat and remake their webs every night. - Alice Oswald
Most spiders eat and remake their webs every night.
The sea has this contradictory quality, that the more you see of it, the more it overwhelms the eye and disappears in its own brightness. Like a flam… - Alice Oswald
The sea has this contradictory quality, that the more you see of it, the more it overwhelms the eye and disappears in its own brightness. Like a flam…
If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, youll see something of the difference between Homers poetry and anyone elses. There seem to be r… - Alice Oswald
If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, youll see something of the difference between Homers poetry and anyone elses. There seem to be r…
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