John Geddes

“...you have a terrible beauty that scares me - a fierce defiance that won't be subdued - not that i want to…

— John Geddes

“...we see this tendency to throw off restraints in life, in art - it's an inglorious gesture of thumbing the nose -…

— John Geddes

“...in India ink your writing is lovely, but not as lovely as your hand - it is your hand - I know…

— John Geddes

“...don't you realize a flawless profile means nothing when a mere smile drives me to desperation? Don't you covet that power?..”

— John Geddes

“...take off your sweater in the darkness and static flares as a tiny lightning storm - I am the same at the…

— John Geddes

“...at morning, I'm unruffled - I'll sit with my tea and Muse Cat beside me and listen to the soft chime of…

— John Geddes

“...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it…

— John Geddes

“...you listen first with the ears - then, you wait and listen for what your heart feels - then you consider what…

— John Geddes

“you cross the field in the snow leaving tracks in perfect whiteness ...disturbing my placid universe...marking the landscape within me ...”

— John Geddes

“...we have entertained ourselves with the pornography of violence and inflamed passions that might otherwise have slumbered...”

— John Geddes

“...some say Twitter seems trite and lacks weightiness - but in actuality, it lends itself to poetry - it can be very…

— John Geddes

“...you do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from…

— John Geddes

“...to know an other's interior life you are his confessor or a writer - the one is admitted freely, the other intrudes…

— John Geddes

“...yes, I wrote that for you, who can't sort out lie from lay no matter how often I explain it - crayons…

— John Geddes

“...those others - they're looking for trends - subjects to catch a spark - but I have you - a coal from…

— John Geddes

“... paint in blue and black...sometimes gray - the colors of night - occasionally I surprise you with a mustard yellow, but…

— John Geddes

...you disappoint me -I am the worst liar in the world - I can't hide my pain or my need so I…

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“...there is a myth called objective reality - we think an impersonal world exists apart from us - it doesn't - it…

— John Geddes

“...but you - women like you are dangerous- ominous – take care, Love – men will first fear you, then later, turn…

— John Geddes

“... only a seer or a lover would know that I'm making a jewelry of words for you -drawn from your essence…

— John Geddes

“...each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority?' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then…

— John Geddes