Showing posts with label Hawk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawk. Show all posts

Sunday, September 26, 2021

The Most Beautiful Poem Ever Written

 

“Only in silence the word,
Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight
On the empty sky.


Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)


Commenting on these five lines would only diminish their power. So, just read the poem and wonder for a moment how it could be that someone could write such a powerful thing. As a note, though, they are part of the creation of a whole world called "Earthsea." The power of creation mostly belongs to women, and Ursula Le Guin used it in full.  You can learn more about that here