"Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall. Of all mankind the great poet is an equable man...He is the arbiter of the diverse and he is the key. He is the equalizer of his age and land...he supplies what wants supplying and checks what wants checking. The known universe has one complete lover and that is the greatest poet. He is a seer, he is individual, he is complete in himself, the others are as good as he, only he sees it and they do not.Who knows the curious mystery of the eyesight? The poet, endowed with a transcendental sight, serves as the spiritual eyes of humanity. There will soon be no more priests. Their work is done....Through the divinity of themselves shall the kosmos and the new breed of poets be the interpreters of men and women and of all events and things."
- Walt Whitman
This morning I chatted with my sister Melodie online. She was visiting Jason Mraz's blog and wrote this as a comment to his post. I asked if I could post it on my blog.
I find it amazing how the Written Words in a Quote, or a Poem, or a Song, or just someone's thoughts can have such an effect - to feel the strength of them rise within - emotions worn lightly within us suddenly stronger, almost painful as we try not to weep with joy or grattitude. Words can have that effect on me at least.
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