Selected Poems of Robert Creeley Quotes

“Moon, moon,
when you leave me alone
all the darkness is
an utter blackness,

a pit of fear,
a stench,
hands unreasonable
never to touch.

But I love you.
Do you love me.
What to say
when you see me.”
― Robert Creeley, Selected Poems of Robert Creeley

“What am I to myself
that must be remembered,
insisted upon
so often?”
― Robert Creeley, Selected Poems of Robert Creeley

“The Language"

Locate I
love you some-
where in

teeth and
eyes, bite
it but

take care not
to hurt, you
want so

much so
little. Words
say everything.

I
love you
again,

then what
is emptiness
for. To

fill, fill.
I heard words
and words full

of holes
aching. Speech
is a mouth.”
― Robert Creeley, Selected Poems of Robert Creeley