Wednesday Morning with Francis Ponge

"The root of what dazzles us is in our hearts."

from "The Sun a Fastigiated Flower"

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"One should be able to give all poems
the title: Reasons for Living Happily."

from "The Power of Language"

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"The nuptial habits of dogs are really something!"

from "The Nuptial Habits of Dogs"

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"Man is just a heavy ship, a heavy bird,
on the edge of an abyss. We feel it."

from "The Object is Poetics"

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"Miracle! O new image of Myself: how beautiful!"

from "Metatechnical Fragments"

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"Let us beat with a single heart the colors of the sun!"

from "Reading the Sun on the Radio"