February 2011
19 posts
#12 w.h. auden
To ask the hard question is simple;
Asking at meeting
With the simple glance of acquaintance
To what these go
And how these do:
To ask the hard question is simple,
The simple act of the confused will.
But the answer
Is hard and hard to remember:
On steps or on shore
The ears are listening
To words at meeting,
The eyes looking
At the hands helping,
Are never sure
Of what they learn
...
this. a. zagajewski.
this that lies heavy
and weighs down,
that aches like ache
and burns like a slap in the face,
is a stone
or an anchor.
“if i had an orchard i’d work till i’m raw.
if i had an orchard...”
– f.f.
alfred north whitehead
the silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development.
