Writing Poetry famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Writing poetry is what I am. I wouldn’t know what else to be.
-- Alice Notley -
There's very little of the intentional about the business of writing poetry, as least as far as I can see.
-- Paul Muldoon -
I've been writing fiction as long as I've been writing poetry. It's just that the poetry took off, and it took me a lot longer to figure out how to write a story.
-- Barbara Hamby -
The whole point of writing poetry or fiction is that you get to agonize over whatever it is you want to say, and you finally say it, and you get it as perfect as you can make it. Then you're forced to babble freestyle.
-- Nick Laird -
When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual.
-- Pat Mora