It is no surprise
that danger and suffering surround us.
What astonishes is the singing.

- #JackGilbert

HORSES AT MIDNIGHT WITHOUT A MOON
By #JackGilbert

Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods.
Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt.
But there’s music in us. Hope is pushed down
but the angel flies up again taking us with her.

My reading of Jack Gilbert's breathtaking poem "Failing and Flying". One of the great American poets of the last century (and this), he deserves to be so much better known. #poetry #poetryreading #jackgilbert

"Horses at Midnight Without a Moon", Jack Gilbert
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Darkness sharpens the senses, so I imagine first sensing nothing, until dark is a crushing weight.

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The pregnant heart is
driven by hopes that are the
wrong size for this world

#senryu #haiku #jackgilbert from the poem Trouble

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure,
but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have
the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless
furnace of this world. To make injustice the only
measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.

- #JackGilbert, from 'A Brief for the Defense'

The Lord gives everything
and charges by taking it back
What a bargain

#haiku #jackgilbert from the lost hotels of Paris

In the Ruthless Furnace Daily writing prompt What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? View all responses Any strategies I’ve had have taken a hiatus this week. I have not been okay. I’ve cried throughout the day, every day. I’ve felt angry, sad, and hopeless. I’ve been wrestling with the fragility of life and the reality that it can be taken in an instant—without reason, without justice, and without warning.

Feeling everything all at once—grief, rage, absurd joy. A Brief for the Defense by Jack Gilbert reminds us: sorrow is real, but joy is sacred too. Take it, and when you do, take it into your bosom.

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Great Writing Quotes by Author Jack Gilbert Lying in front of the house all/afternoon, trying to write a poem./Falling asleep./Waking up under the stars. I dream of lost vocabularies that might express some of what we no longer can. How astonis...

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Games
By Jack Gilbert

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Failing and flying

Happy birthday to Jack Gilbert #100 #Gilfest #JackGilbert #BlueSkyPoetry

Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 7

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Failing and Flying
Jack Gilbert