LeRoy C. Breunig Quotes

I do not think, I note

(Je ne pense pas; je note)

"DEPARTURE

The horizon slopes away

The days are longer
Trip

A heart hops in a cage
A bird sings
It is going to die
Another door is going to open
At the end of the corridor
Where a star
Begins to shine
A dark-haired woman
The lantern of the departing train

("Departure")"

"God exists only if adored
Time is nothing if one has not dreamed

("Painting")"

There is hardly more than the eyes, the open air, the grass and the water in the distance . . .

The lock in the heart that shatters
A thread of silk
A thread of lead
A thread of blood
After these waves of silence

On sait à peu près pourquoi une œuvre est mauvaise. Mais bien moins pourquoi elle est bonne.

Myslím, že nejsem ani básník, ani spisovatel, ani umělec. Ale člověk, který nenašel jiný způsob, jak zůstat ve styku s životem, jak se udržet nad hladinou. Psal jsem, jako se chytáme záchranného pásu.

POST

Not a head stands out
A finger rises
Then it is the voice that one knows
A signal

a brief note

A man leaves
Up above a cloud that passes by
No one goes in
And the night keeps its secret

[poems are] crystals deposited after the effervescent contact of the spirit with reality.

(cristaux deposes apres l'effervescent contact de l'esprit avec la realite)

The happiness of man is devoid of chlorophyll no doubt because its specific condition is to evolve in the darkest and dankest caves of the heart.

"ADIEU

The glimmer farther away than the head
The heart-skip
On the slope where the air rolls its voice
The spokes of the wheel
the sun in the rut
At the crossroads
near the embankment
a prayer
Some words that are not heard
Nearer the sky
And on its steps
the last square of light

("Adieu")"

There is no love; there are only proofs of love.

One looks for some other words but the ideas are always just as dark, just as simple and singularly painful.

The trees are extremely alive . . .