Call Signs

Famous quotes containing the words call and/or signs:

“I started in to cry and call his name,

Asking forgiveness of his tongueless head.
. . . I dreamt the past was never past redeeming:
But whether this was false or honest dreaming
I beg death’s pardon now. And mourn the dead.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“Mister death who signs papers
then eats
telegraphs simply: Shoot them
then eats”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)