"Poetry is poetry. My process is I try to write the best poem I can, in the best way to communicate whatever it is the poem is trying to communicate, and then I try to figure out the best way to present that poem to a live audience. It's all craft, just different stages of craft."

-- Bao Phi

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“Sanctification makes us holy and destroys the breed of sin, the love of sin and carnality. It makes us pure and whiter than snow. Bless His holy name!”
“Anyone who turns love between two consenting adults into a negative, doesn't understand the meaning of the word.”
“I've been inspired by dreams - I've even stolen scenes or images or characters from them.”
“To predict the future we would have to know today what we will learn tomorrow which will shape our future actions”
“Translators who choose to work on canonized writers can usually lean on an extensive critical apparatus around either the author or the book in question, especially in the case of writers like [Honore] Balzac and [Emil] Zola.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful.”

Source : "Lou Reed" by Stuart Berman, pitchfork.com. October 28, 2013.
“His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate. He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.”
“My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.'”

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