Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
~ Edmund Burke ~ Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist & philosopher 1729-1797
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posted by xola at 9/26/2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
~ Edmund Burke ~ Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist & philosopher 1729-1797
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1 Comments:
I've been checking on xola periodically, which gives my heart much rest and sustenance --- you continue to amaze me, my dear --- but that's one-sided, as you don't know when I look at your work . .
~ MC
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