one hundred & thirty nine

cursum perficio

one hundred & thirty eight

nihil interit

one hundred & thirty seven

incola ego sum in terra (I am a stranger on the earth)

one hundred & thirty six

After one has abandoned a belief in god, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life's redemption. *

To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the fugitive gods. This is why the poet in the time of the world's night utters the holy. **

*     Wallace Stevens (2 October 1879 - 2 August 1955)
**   Martin Heidegger (26 September 1889 - 26 May 1976)