Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
we ourselves flash and yearn
Source: The Dreamsongs, no. 14, 1969.
-- John Berryman, (Oct 25 1914-1972), US poet, writer, educator; His is noted for his almost agonizing self-revealing poetry; known especially for his long poem Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, 1956;