“We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.”

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✒️ #JeanToomer, American novelist and poet, #DOTD 30 March 1967. #Poetry #Literature

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

- #JeanToomer

"Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own."

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✒ American poet and novelist #JeanToomer ("Cane") was #BOTD #BoxingDay 1894. #Poetry #Literature

We do not possess imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

- #JeanToomer

winnie the pooh and piglet are standing next to each other and they are asking can you tie a knot ALT: winnie the pooh and piglet are standing next to each other and they are asking can you tie a knot

We learn the ropes of life by untying it's knots.

- #JeanToomer

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot.

- #Rumi

Full moon rising on the waters of my heart, Lakes and moon and fires, Cloine tires, Holding her lips apart. Promises of slumber leaving shore to charm the moon, Miracle made vesper-keeps, Cloine sleeps, And I’ll be sleeping soon. Cloine, curled like the sleepy waters where the moon-waves start, Radiant, resplendently she gleams, Cloine dreams, Lips pressed against my heart.

#Poetry
#Poem
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#JeanToomer

Evening Song by Jean Toomer

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

- #JeanToomer

Vivid recollections.
One of the great Georgia trilogy, possibly the best
#nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzvinyl #jeantoomer

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

- #JeanToomer

“We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.”

Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jean-t...

✒️ #JeanToomer, American novelist and poet, #DOTD 30 March 1967. #Poetry #Literature

We do not possess imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

- #JeanToomer

"Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own."

✒ American poet and novelist ("Cane") #JeanToomer was #BOTD #BoxingDay 1894. #Poetry #Literature

We do not possess imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

- #JeanToomer, #Gurdjieff-ian

Cover of Norton Critical Edition paperback of Cane by Jean Toomer.

About 1/3 of the way into this, and have crossed that line where you adjust to the structure of a modernist work and just feel the language carry you along. Highly recommend to fans of Southern Gothic, Harlem Renaissance, or modernist literature generally. #JeanToomer #Cane

My pain is sweet.
Sweeter than the oats or wheat or corn. It will not bring me
knowledge of my hunger.
-- #JeanToomer