He spoke

I listened.

I spoke,

he listened.

In between

we both

heard almost

nothing. 

- robert lax

sometimes i’ve tried to see more than i saw

- robert lax

to be “enlightened” is not to shine; nor to bring multitudes to the hill

where one sits cross-legged, to listen.

it is rather to know what one is doing (& even, perhaps, to enjoy it).

- robert lax

one

moment

passes

another

comes on

how

was

was

how

is

is

how

will

be

will

be

was

wasn't

is

isn't

will be

won't

- robert lax

when i play house

i don’t play

either the poppa

or the mama

it’s more

as though i was playing

i was

the house

- robert lax

“are you a visitor?” asked

the dog.

“yes,” i answered.

“only a visitor?” asked

the dog.

“yes,” i answered.

“take me with you,” said

the dog.

- robert lax

A Problem in design

Robert Lax

 

what if

you like

to draw

big flowers,

but what

if some

sage has

told you

that

there is

nothing

more

beautiful

nothing

more

beautiful

than a

straight

line

?

what should

you draw:

big flowers?

straight lines?

i think

you should

draw

big flowers

big flowers

big flowers

big flowers

big flowers

big flowers

big flowers

big flowers

until

they become

a straight

line.

Beware

by AR

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I wait for the word that has already left.

- Jean Daive

The fact of love is always a lack.

- Anne Carson

What remains is what has disappeared.

- Gustaf Sobin

Words strain,

Crack and sometimes break, under the burden,

Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,

Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place,

Will not stand still.

- T. S. Eliot

— Como vencer o vazio?

— Não o alimente com respostas

- AR

— Onde termina o corpo?

— Mostre-me a borda da sua saudade

- AR

on my 40th birthday i wake suddenly

- don judson