"Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field."

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Source : "'All of these things are poetry.'". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. August 21, 2014.

Matthea Harvey

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“If your eyes could speak, what would they say?”
“If one takes a public stand against, say, most any sin you can think of, one is considered "courageous" and a "defender of the faith." Folks will quickly applaud you and tell you how much they admire you for "taking a stand" on biblical truth. Except if you quote Matt. 5:44 and invite people to apply it in any sort of meaningful, literal way. The moment one begins to talk about loving your enemies they all of a sudden become "liberals," "extremists," or are accused of completely taking an otherwise straight forward passage "out of context.”
“All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.”
“The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain 'hard.' The business of safely transporting people off the Earth is a costly affair that requires a lot of technology.”
“Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am a beautiful woman,' nevertheless seem to think it wholly within the bounds of good taste to announce that they are Christians!”
“He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only is, and no knowing.”

Source : Aidan Chambers (2004). “Postcards from No Man's Land”
“Im involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.”
“I'm too drunk to taste this chicken”

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