Damp

Famous quotes containing the word damp:

“Rub a half potato on your wart
and wrap it in a damp cloth. Close
your eyes and whirl three times and throw.
Then bury rag and spud exactly where they fall.”
—Richard Hugo (1923–1982)

“Here love’s damp muscle dries and dies,
Here break a kiss in no love’s quarry.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“If only I could nudge you from this sleep,
My maimed darling, my skittery pigeon.
Over this damp grave I speak the words of my love:
I, with no rights in this matter,
Neither father nor lover.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)