Richard Dixon Oldham famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems.
I was born by God's dear grace, in an extraordinary place. Where the stars and stripes, and the eagle fly.
Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.
Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.
Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing!
City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection...red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script, Supporting actors...fresh peaches, no pit.
All those years on the psychiatrist's couch and suddenly the couch is moving. Good God, she is on that couch when the big one hits. Maidy didn't tell you, but you know what her doctor said? She sprang from the couch and said, "My God, was that an earthquake?" The doctor said this: "Did it feel like an earthquake to you?
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.
I would rather have these things weigh on my mind. At the end of this tunnel of guilt and shame, there must be a light of some kind.

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