Michael Schiavo

The poet doubts words, doubts permanence, doubts time. The great poet doubts doubt. It is only because the great poet doubts that the great poem is written. Even if you doubt poetry and are resistant or hesitant to realize, that is also poetry. “Doubt itself is nothing but time,” says Dōgen. Doubt itself is nothing but poetry. To be certain would be to arrive at the permanence of coming and go Read more of this blog post »