Moving Wire

Famous quotes containing the words moving and/or wire:

    Light-lashed, self-righteous, above moving snouts,
    the pigs’ eyes followed him, a cheerful stare,
    even to the sow that always ate her young—
    Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

    Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.
    Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)