Al Purdy

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive. ↗

— Al Purdy

#beast #bird #flowers #man #marvel

'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival. ↗

— Al Purdy

#either #poems #survival

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you. ↗

— Al Purdy

#always #certain #certain age #how #other

I don't think I do have a soul. ↗

— Al Purdy

#i do #soul #think

I started writing when I was about thirteen. ↗

— Al Purdy

#i #started #thirteen #writing

I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world. ↗

— Al Purdy

#desperately #i #trying #unhappy #world

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense. ↗

— Al Purdy

#formal #god #i #religious #sense

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid. ↗

— Al Purdy

#i #kid #mind #my own #own

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke. ↗

— Al Purdy

#bad #because #broke #gave #had