• Robert Creeley ⋅ « Do you think » 10 02 20

    Do you think that if you once do what you want to do you will want not to do it. Do you think that if there’s an apple on the table and some­bo­dy eats it, it won’t be there any­more. Do you think that if two people are in love with one ano­ther, one or the other has got to be less in love than the other at some point in the other­wise hap­py rela­tion­ship. Do you think that if you once took a breath, you’re by that com­mit­ted to taking the next one and so on until the very pro­cess of breathing’s an end­less­ly expan­ding need almost of its own neces­si­ty forever.…

  • Robert Creeley ⋅ « If you » 10 11 16

    If you were going to get a pet what kind of ani­mal would you get. A soft-bodied dog, a hen Feathers and fur to begin it again. At the end of the day, when it gets dark, I saw an ani­mal in the park. Bring it home to give to you I have seen ani­mals break in two. You were hoping for some­thing soft and loyal and clean and won­drous­ly care­ful. A form of other­wise vicious habit Can have long ears and be cal­led a rab­bit. Dead, died, will die, want, Morning, mid­night, I asked you If you were going to get a pet What kind of ani­mal would you get. https://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Creeley/Rockdrill-1_I-Know-a-Man-1945–1975/Creeley-Robert_29_If-You_Rockdrill‑1.mp3…

  • Robert Creeley ⋅ « Just friends » 03 02 16

    Everything is water if you look long enough…