Pensum

pensum — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:06:43 +0000

to no longer speak of a third,
but of this

pensum — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:14:57 +0000

Is the earth steeped in wise men’s ashes any wiser?

Anna Kamienska

pensum — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:09 +0000

that a part can discern the whole
is no less miraculous than
that the whole can discern a part

172

pensum — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:21:03 +0000

it was also necessary
to become aware
that blood
coursed through the veins
of silence.

pensum — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:28:27 +0000

We stand at an abyss: either into nothingness, that is, absolute reification, pure thingness [absoluten Sachlichkeit], or we somehow leap into another world, more precisely, we manage for the first time to make the leap into the world as such.

M. Heidegger

pensum — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:21:46 +0000

to come to
each glance
a revelation

171

pensum — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:36:05 +0000

for those who had lost sight of her,
she left a trail of tears
dappling the pale blue of the sky.

170

pensum — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:08:02 +0000

others found suns
where there was only light.

pensum — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:40:00 +0000

Communing with the world means taking on incurable wounds.

Pierre-Albert Jourdan

169

pensum — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:04:14 +0000

however brief, some would still,
occasionally, let the world
reveal itself as luminous.