Louise Glücková byla americká básnířka a esejistka. V roce 2020 jí byla udělena Nobelova cena za literaturu „za její nezaměnitelný poetický hlas, který díky strohé kráse dává individuální existenci univerzální rozměr“. Wikipedia
“From the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.”
Zdroj: "First Memory", Ararat (1990)
“I caution you as I was never cautioned
you will never let go, you will never be satiated.”
Zdroj: "The Sensual World", The Seven Ages (2001)
“We look at the world once, in childhood.
The rest is memory.”
Zdroj: Meadowlands (1996), "Nostos"
“The soul is silent.
If it speaks at all
it speaks in dreams.”
Zdroj: "Child Crying Out", Ararat (1990)
“Of two sisters
one is always the watcher,
one the dancer.”
Zdroj: "Tango", Descending Figure (1980)
Zdroj: As quoted in "Poet Laureate: Louise Glück and the Public Face of a Private Artist" https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/opinion/editorial-observer-poet-laureate-louise-gluck-public-face-private-artist.html by Andrew Johnston, The New York Times (November 4, 2003)
“The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.”
Zdroj: "Against Sincerity", in American Poetry Review, Vol. XXII, No. 5 (1993), p. 29
