The Root of All Evil
Being at one is god-like and good, but human, too human, the mania
Which insists there is only the One, one country, one truth and one way.
—Friedrich Hölderlin
from Hyperion and Selected Poems, trans. Michael Hamburger
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
All my vital fluid comes in a bottle, so I rarely run out. But too much of it makes my links go awry as well….
Oops! <A HREF="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/balzac.htm" REL="nofollow"><I>This</I></A> is the link I meant to give. See what happens when you use up your “vital fluid”?
Short post, long on information. Thanks for the excellent quote and links. I’ve been enjoying and linking to Petri Liukkonen’s “Authors’ Calendar” biographies for several years — in fact, that’s where I learned Balzac and I have the same <A HREF="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/calendar.htm" REL="nofollow">birthday</A>. Whoopee!