Wodwo Quotes

“Following a faint stain-
On the air to the river's edge
These weeds know me and name me to each other
Have they seen me before?
Do I fit in their world?
I seem separate from the ground
And not rooted, but dropped out of nothing casually-
I've no threads fastening me to anything
I can go anywhere
I seem to have been given the freedom of this place-
What am I then?”
― Ted Hughes, Wodwo

“This is where the staring angels go through.
This is where all the stars bow down.”
― Ted Hughes, Wodwo

“And he is an owl
He is an owl, "Man" tattooed in his armpit
Under the broken wing
(Stunned by the wall of glare, he fell here)
Under the broken wing of huge shadow that twitches across the floor.

He is a man in hopeless feathers.”
― Ted Hughes, Wodwo