Folks,
I’m reading *Selected Poems* by Robert Lowell. One of his poems -- entitled “No Hearing” -- starts like this:
“Belief in God is an inclination to listen,
but as we grow older and our freedom hardens,
we hardly even want to hear ourselves…
the silent universe our auditor--
I am to myself, and my trouble sings.”
Now, from what I understand, Lowell was not a believer. Yet I find the lines intriguing. I’m not sure what they mean.
What do they mean?
Posted by Rick Penner at January 31, 2004 10:55 AM