Anne Carson Zitate

“while the shadows like long fingers
over the haystacks that sweep past
keep shocking him
because he is riding backwards.”

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Anne Carson

"Father’s Old Blue Cardigan", Men in the Off Hours, Knopf (New York, NY), 2000.

“She doesn't get to say much in the official biography —
I believe they are out of wine, etc.,
practical things —
watching with one eye as he goes about the world
calling himself The Son Of Man.”

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Anne Carson

"God's Mother", Glass, Irony, and God, New Directions (New York, NY), 1995.

“My religion makes no sense
and does not help me
therefore I pursue it.”

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Anne Carson

"My Religion", Glass, Irony, and God, New Directions (New York, NY), 1995.