Nichita Stanescu Quotes

Ars Poetica

I Taught My Words To Love,
I Showed Them My Heart
and Would Not Give Up Until Their Syllables
did Not Start To Beat.

I Showed Them Trees
and What Words Wouldn't Rustle
I Hanged, Without Pity, From The Branches.

In The End, Words
needed To Resemble Both Me
and The World.

Then
I Came To Me,
I Braced Myself Between Two Banks
of A River,
to Present A Bridge,
a Bridge Between A Bull's Horn And Grass,
between Black Stars Of Light And Earth,
between The Temple Of A Woman's Head And A Man's,
letting Words Travel Over Me
like Racing Cars, Electric Trains,
only So They Could Cross Faster,
only So They Would Learn To Transport The World,
from Itself,
to Itself.

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