"A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem."

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Source : "New Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Sings Out". Interview with Brendan Francis Newnam, www.dinnerpartydownload.org. July 3, 2015.

Juan Felipe Herrera

#Flexible Quotes

“A sealed book, at whose contents we tremble.”
“Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now?”
“In this life ain't no happy endings; Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance.”

Source : Song: Runaway, 2013
“I'll take you to Mickey D's," said Sean. "I'll buy you a hamburger." Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare to offers made in other centuries. "And fries," Sean said. "And a vanilla milkshake." Annie remained unthrilled. "Okay, okay. You can have a Big Mac." Romance in my century, she thought, is pitiful.”
“When I think back on it, I have a sense of relaxation, as if in the seventies no one had to try to be anyone other than who they were. I'm sure that's not really true, but that's how I remember it, and I suppose it might be relatively true.”
“When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible.”
“I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true.”
“Like all born politicians, their eye was for the main chance rather than for the argument, and they found it easier to forswear a conviction than to forego a comfort.”

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