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Henri Cole quotes: In truth, I'm still slightly embarrassed to say, I am a poet. I'd rather say, I make poems.

In truth, I'm still slightly embarrassed to say, I am a poet. I'd rather say, I make poems.

Henri Cole quotes: Why was the salt of wisdom no good to him?

Why was the salt of wisdom no good to him?

Henri Cole quotes: Her eyes are salt-choked.

Her eyes are salt-choked.

Henri Cole quotes: Introducing the idea of beauty as a salve and of aesthetics making something difficult accessible.

Introducing the idea of beauty as a salve and of aesthetics making something difficult accessible.

Henri Cole quotes: You weren't born by yourself.

You weren't born by yourself.

Henri Cole quotes: Was I happier there in my loneliness

Was I happier there in my loneliness

Henri Cole quotes: Releasing big sparks of rain that seem almost to bruise me

Releasing big sparks of rain that seem almost to bruise me

Henri Cole quotes: There was rain on steroids.

There was rain on steroids.

Henri Cole quotes: The thick, caressable curls if his hair.

The thick, caressable curls if his hair.

Henri Cole quotes: You see, my mind takes me far, but my heart dreams of return.

You see, my mind takes me far,
but my heart dreams of return.

Henri Cole quotes: the wrinkled sleeve of the head

the wrinkled sleeve of the head

Henri Cole quotes: I intended to make a poem about the superiority of language over brute force

I intended to make a poem about the superiority of language over brute force

Henri Cole quotes: Mars red gladiolus

Mars red gladiolus

Henri Cole quotes: I feel like a jug in which wine is poured until it overflows.

I feel like a jug in which wine is poured until it overflows.

Henri Cole quotes: the art of life, mostly, the art of avoiding pain

the art of life, mostly, the art of avoiding pain

Henri Cole quotes: Even the songbirds have levels of mercury in their blood and feathers.

Even the songbirds have levels of mercury in their blood and feathers.

Henri Cole quotes: As language is sometimes audible before senses arrives.

As language is sometimes audible before senses arrives.

Henri Cole quotes: My soft voice and demeanor were useless. In a pint jar, I carried a cremated friend, like flesh scraped from a cistern.

My soft voice and demeanor were useless. In a pint jar, I carried a cremated friend, like flesh scraped from a cistern.

Henri Cole quotes: Milk, blood, tears, urine, semen.

Milk, blood, tears, urine, semen.

Henri Cole quotes: sleep-stiffened bones

sleep-stiffened bones

Henri Cole quotes: unselfing themselves

unselfing themselves

Henri Cole quotes: There's no animal that sleep-deprives itself like the human.

There's no animal that sleep-deprives itself like the human.

Henri Cole quotes: We all came from our mothers' bellies. We all have hope in our veins. We don't want history to forget us, but the dead look after the afterwards.

We all came from our mothers' bellies. We all have hope in our veins. We don't want history to forget us, but the dead look after the afterwards.

Henri Cole quotes: Tenderness was not yet dust.

Tenderness was not yet dust.

Henri Cole quotes: Proximity to this death makes me nostalgic for the French language.

Proximity to this death makes me nostalgic for the French language.

Henri Cole quotes: Words and phrases grew only slowly

Words and phrases grew only slowly

Henri Cole quotes: How can I defend myself against what I want?

How can I defend myself against what I want?

Henri Cole quotes: Like something abstract deep within us-

Like something abstract deep within us-

Henri Cole quotes: spattering the walls with pulp and guano, like graffiti artists.

spattering the walls with pulp and guano, like graffiti artists.