The logic of the poet — that is, the logic of language or the experience itself — develops the way a living organism grows: it spreads out towards what it loves, and is heliotropic, like a plant.


The Secular Journal of Thomas Merton (1959)

Thomas Merton Quotes

The logic of the poet — that is, the logic of language or the experience itself — develops the way a living organism grows: it spreads out...

The logic of the poet — that is, the logic of language or the experience itself — develops the way a living organism grows: it spreads out...

The logic of the poet — that is, the logic of language or the experience itself — develops the way a living organism grows: it spreads out...

The logic of the poet — that is, the logic of language or the experience itself — develops the way a living organism grows: it spreads out...