17 Quotes by Jane Kenyon

The soul’s bliss and suffering are bound together.

The poet’s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.

Let it come, as it will, and don’t be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.

My ear is not working, my poetry ear. I can’t write a line that doesn’t sound like pots and pans falling out of the cupboard.

If you want a different life, you gotta start doing and learning different things.

Everyone longs for love’s tense joys and red delights.

A poet’s job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.

The shirt touches his neck and smooths over his back. It slides down his sides. It even goes down below his belt – down into his pants. Lucky shirt.