Small Black Powder

Famous quotes containing the words small, black and/or powder:

    “A little quaker, the whole body of him trembling,
    His absurd whiskers sticking out like a cartoon-mouse,
    His feet like small leaves,
    Little lizard-feet,
    Whitish and spread wide when he tried to struggle away,”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    “A great black presence beats its wings in wrath.
    Above the boneyard burn its golden eyes.
    Some small grey fur is pulsing in its grip.”
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

    “We are powerless,
    dust and powder fill our lungs
    our bodies blunder
    through doors twisted on hinges.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)