Showing posts with label Ivan M. Granger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ivan M. Granger. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

thief of hearts







Thief of hearts,
you have ransacked
this beggar's hut,
left me
nothing.

All I see
now
is the print
of your pilfering hand
everywhere.
 
 
 
 
Ivan Granger 
from Real Thirst
art by Van Gogh




Friday, July 27, 2012

parched




The parched know -

real thirst 
draws rainwater
from an empty sky.




~ Ivan Granger
from Real Thirst


Friday, December 17, 2010








Poetry has an immediate effect on the mind. 
The simple act of reading poetry 
alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. 
Poetry induces trance. 
Its words are chant. Its rhythms are drum beats. 
Its images become the icons 
of the inner eye. 
Poetry is more than a description 
of the sacred experience; 
it carries the experience itself.



~ Ivan M. Granger