Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains.
“Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster’s feet there are left the mountains.” — Robinson Jeffers
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Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, / The atom to be split.
“Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, / The atom to be split.” — Robinson Jeffers
Hurt Hawks cannot be mended: the wild God has turned / His back on them.
“Hurt Hawks cannot be mended: the wild God has turned / His back on them.” — Robinson Jeffers
I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy.
“I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy.” — Robinson Jeffers
Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.
“Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.” — Robinson …
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.
“Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.” — Robinson Jeffers
Profile: Robinson Jeffers
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet whose philosophy of “inhumanism” examined the non-human world and rejected anthropocentrism. Writing from his stone tower home in Big …
The beauty of things was born before eyes and sufficient to itself; the heart-breaking beauty / Will remain when there is no heart to break for it.
“The beauty of things was born before eyes and sufficient to itself; the heart-breaking beauty / Will remain when there is no heart to break for it.” — Robinson Jeffers
The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me / Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean.
“The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me / Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an …
This coast crying out for tragedy like all beautiful places.
“This coast crying out for tragedy like all beautiful places.” — Robinson Jeffers