David Whyte
David Whyte
David Whytewas an English professional footballer who played as a striker...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
german
When I'm working with German audiences, I will call on my Rilke and Goethe in the original.
escape life millions people quiet
There are millions of people living Thoreau's life of quiet desperation, and they do not have the language to escape from that desperation.
imagination identity today
The severest test of work today, is not of our strategies, but of our imaginations and identities.
numbness feelings tides
But what would that be like feeling the tide rise out of the numbness inside
numbness absent edges
Absent the edge, we drown in numbness.