Cory Basil
Cory Basil is an American author, painter and filmmaker. Blending gothic romanticism with modern poetic rhythm, Basil's poems trust emotional honesty over the dubious truths to be gleaned from appearances. This philosophy also reigns in his paintings, where he conjures with a renaissance artist's reverence for colour and light, revealing the soul of a baroque spectacle.
Raised in Phoenix, Ariz., Basil is a lifelong poet, artist and student of the human experience. His first collection of poetry and prose, Skinny Dipping in Daylight (2012), rose from the ashes of several scorned selves - husband, scared child, devout Christian - and the ensuing fight to forge something new from the wreckage. He currently lives in Nashville, Tenn.
“As the leaf takes its time finding the ground so must I.”
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“i move forwardwith mydrawer of treasuresthat will never decay.”
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“a first kiss is like a drug”
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“i dream a thousandwords before isleep.”
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“Then they started a fireAnd I burnt to ashes”
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“Poetry doesn’t pay. But I need it. And so do you.”
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“who you are is who you are when you are alone.”
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“if anything but Love is coupled with Love – Love ceases to exist.”
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“Sometimes the silence is the loudest thing in the room.”
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“Life is too short to try and glue together broken plates that were cheap in the first place.”
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