Making Certain It Goes On Quotes

“The day is a woman who loves you. Open …

Tomorrow will open again, the sky wide
as the mouth of a wild girl, friable
clouds you lose yourself to.

—Richard Hugo, from “Driving Montana,” Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo (w. W. Norton & Co., 1984)”
― Richard Hugo, Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo

“And if families start scattering like stars you can pass laws based on food, rejection and the long drop justified to rock. The Saracens were not impressed. They yelled plunder loud enough for centuries to hear. And here men said to hell with it and left. Barring big rains now, accelerated erosion or a sudden real estate deal, this insufferable figure of Christ will stand over us all God knows how long. The town got smart and moved. You came back to see it. You are the one who failed.”
― Richard Hugo, Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo

“The car that brought you here still runs.”
― Richard Hugo, Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo