Quotes by : Jane Kenyon

OtherwiseI got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk,....

The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet....

HereYou always belonged here.You were theirs, certain as a rock.I’m the one who worriesif I fit in....

To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoopin the oats, to air in the lunglet evening come.Let it come,....

Reading Aloud to My Father I chose the book haphazardfrom the shelf, but with Nabokov's firstsentence....

We Let the Boat DriftI set out for the pond, crossing the ravine where seedling pines start up like sparks....

HappinessThere's just no accounting for happiness,or the way it turns up like a prodigalwho comes back....