Wire Steel Cage

Famous quotes containing the words wire, steel and/or cage:

    “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)

    “For when they meet, the tensile air
    Like fine steel strains under the weight
    Of messages that both hearts bear—
    Pure passion once, now purest hate....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “Out of the cage came Eve,
    escaping, escaping.
    She was clothed in her skin like the sun
    and her ankles were not for sale.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)