For more than a decade, I’ve maintained a list of quotes I like by poets, writers, and thinkers I find interesting. This post is part of that series. All posts in the series are organized alphabetically.

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At least when placentas clap their / hands while we all play / patty cake, / they are not foreshadowing / the sins / of generations that / do nothing else but / feast upon weakness. — Robert Gano

Some people say I communicate exactly / like goose liver / force fed by / an invisible-handed economy — Robert Gano

The heart / never fits / the journey. / Always / one ends / first. — Jack Gilbert

Winnowed, we are—the wind / in widdershins spin; the clock hiding / its souvenirs in a blue wound. — Jessica Goodfellow

the darkness of the tree line broken / only by my brother, who runs to me / with a look of great hope / carrying the tiny blind unicorn / we, together, are meant to save — Andrew Grace

And sometimes a day like today is like / an empty room and this empty room / is a treasure. — Allison Grayhurst

The day is tick tock and as slow as waiting / for that needed check to arrive. / I collect the noises from outside / but have nowhere to put them. I open my mouth, / but my voice has gone underground. — Allison Grayhurst