Poems and Quotations that resonated with me in the Time of Covid -19
March 27, 2020
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons –
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes –
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –
We can find no scar,
But internal difference –
Where the Meanings, are –
None may teach it – Any –
'Tis the seal Despair –
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the Air –
When it comes, the Landscape listens –
Shadows – hold their breath –
When it goes, 'tis like the Distance
On the look of Death –
March 29, 2020
Samuel Beckett, The Unnameable
''I can`t go on, but I must go on. I will go on.''
(note... there are some different renditions. These are the last words in the book)
April 12, 2020
Yiddish Proverb
If the rich could pay the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.