Shuttles in the rocking loom of history,
the dark ships move, the dark ships move,
their bright ironical names
like jests of kindness on a murderer's mouth
Robert Hayden
Shuttles in the rocking loom ...
Quotes from the same author
We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil. We must go on struggling to be human, though monsters of abstractions police and threaten us.
Robert Hayden
It seemed to me as we were talking about Christ rising from the dead, the sun popped over the mountain. That was indicative of Christ rising - a new day. It just makes sense.
Robert Hayden
As well have a talon as a finger, a muzzle as a mouth,
as well have a hollow as a heart.
Robert Hayden
