Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion/Plate 12 - Wikisource, the free online library
Poetry is the art of overhearing ourselves say things from which it is impossible to retreat. A true line acts like a lightning rod in a storm.
David Whyte • The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

That Enthusiasm and Life may not cease: arise Spectre arise!
William Blake • Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion/Plate 9 - Wikisource, the free online library

Language, written language especially, is a peculiar, powerful, dangerous, and ultimately mysterious human gift. Written words cause ripples in the fabric of reality. The words in the Bible alone may have caused more death, brutality, and oppression, and more love, charity, and redemption, than any other collection of writing in human history. What... See more