Money is sullen And wisdom is sly, But youth is the pollen That blows through the sky And does not ask why. — Stephen Vincent Benet Asks Copy Share Image
I think a blog is a catalyst for a number of possible kinds of writing besides being its own medium. — Stephen Vincent Benet Blogs Copy Share Image
Ironically the blog has re-opened the essay as a good form for me. I like to look and make commentary! If I… — Stephen Vincent Benet Blogs Copy Share Image
“Of all the Christbitten places in the two hemispheres, (Los Angeles) is the last curly kink in the pig's tail.” — Stephen Vincent Benet Los angeles Copy Share Image
I shall not rest quiet in Montparnasse. I shall not lie easy at Winchelsea. You may bury my body in Sussex grass,… — Stephen Vincent Benet Body Copy Share Image
When Daniel Boone goes by at night The phantom deer arise And all lost, wild America Is burning in their eyes. — Stephen Vincent Benet America Copy Share Image
Books are not men and yet they are alive. They are man's memory and his aspiration, the link between his present and… — Stephen Vincent Benet Alive Copy Share Image
I do think that the kind of writing that I do will always be around and printed in books, magazines, and now… — Stephen Vincent Benet Blogs Copy Share Image
Occasionally I encounter people getting into their cars who will say, "Oh, you haven't been walking lately" - like I'm a symbol… — Stephen Vincent Benet Ancient Copy Share Image
Most of the time I'm not really attracted to writing that's focused on filling and fighting it out within a well-defined container.… — Stephen Vincent Benet Containers Copy Share Image
Basically when I'm walking I'm not consciously writing or intending anything. In the manner I have learned from meditation practice, I let… — Stephen Vincent Benet I have learned Copy Share Image
Since graveyards are often built over older burial grounds, I assume Dolores Park was probably an Indian, (an Ohlone) graveyard before that.… — Stephen Vincent Benet Assuming Copy Share Image
Our fathers and ourselves sowed dragon's teeth. Our children know and suffer the armed men. — Stephen Vincent Benet Children Copy Share Image
Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my… — Stephen Vincent Benet America Copy Share Image
When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can… — Stephen Vincent Benet Intensity Copy Share Image
Few people have written significant books about San Francisco. Robert Duncan was, in my opinion, often in the clouds. If he walked… — Stephen Vincent Benet Book Copy Share Image
We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. — Stephen Vincent Benet Done Copy Share Image
Grant us a common faith that we shall know bread and peace-that we shall know justice and righteousness, freedom and security, an… — Stephen Vincent Benet Bread Copy Share Image
