All Quotes by Donald Davidson (poet)
“I want the word that burns into my heartTo seal your testament within my soul.”
“Why did my father write? I know he sawLaps at the too much blood and the burning house.”
“The seed of Appomattox blooms; its fruitNo command.”
“Farewell,And winter sweeps the undefended earth.”
“The whispering in the marrow spreads to the brain;And is born at last in a blazing wordless outcry.”
“We mourned with you then in brotherhood,Burn on your monuments like altar flames.”
“We, too, have names that blaze on mouldering stoneThan all that's so much magnified and near.”
“Something stirs that once had life. It dropsNow they let go.”
“The sky drips its spectral Raised up this bribe against their fate.”
“Father remembered the wild pigeons crowdingMind hurled measureless with them, feathered the sky.”
“This is an autumn when they come no more.And only rumor upon the skies...”
“Then no soft arms could hold me from my wilderness The dogs trace it - harvest of life that gives me life.”
“For he has seen a road by healing watersWhile we are not quite certain he has died.”
“The probing knife of madnessAnd warm with tears again”