A good poem brims with reflected beauty and even a bracing, beautiful ugliness. At the center of our lives, in the midst of the busyness and the forgetting, is a story that makes sense when everything extraneous has been taken away. - David Whyte 1 Share Now -
All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment. - David Whyte 2 Share Now -
By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar. - David Whyte 4 Share Now -
Poetry carries the imagery which is large enough for the kind of life we want for ourselves. - David Whyte 5 Share Now -
Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself. Poetry can't be used for manipulation; it's why you never see good poetry in advertising. - David Whyte 6 Share Now -
It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful difficulty of the average human life. - David Whyte 7 Share Now -
Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth. - David Whyte 8 Share Now -
In Germany, they have great difficulty with anything that smacks of cultism or messianic leadership. You can't talk about leadership in its charismatic forms. - David Whyte 9 Share Now -
Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future. - David Whyte 10 Share Now -
