The worse anyone feels, the worse treated he is. Fools elect fools.

John Berryman


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The Prayer of the Middle-Aged Man

Amid the doctors in the Temple at twelve, between mother

John Berryman

Tag: satire philosophical



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I conclude now I have no
inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
Peoples bore me,
literature bores me, especially great literature,

John Berryman


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Two daiquiris
withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room
and one told the other a lie.

John Berryman

Tag: metonymy



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…Henry is tired of winter,

John Berryman

Tag: fall



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That is our ‘pointed task. Love

John Berryman


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I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian and others, but mostly you need ordeal. My idea is this: the artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business: Beethoven's deafness, Goya's deafness, Milton's blindness, that kind of thing.

John Berryman

Tag: art poetry literature artists luck goya beethoven milton titian ordeals



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Is stuffed, de world, wif feeding girls.

John Berryman


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Listen, for poets are feigned to lie, and I
For you a liar am a thousand times . . . .

John Berryman


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something has been said for sobriety but very little.

John Berryman


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