on poetry…
May 29, 2012
“I always write a lot of drafts, and when I do this, I like to write the whole poem out each time, in order both to fix it in my head and to see where my hand catches on the paper, so to speak — which words it snags on.” Julia Copus
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on poetry…
May 14, 2012
“Writers are readers who go karaoke. After years of hearing the voices of masters in the poems and stories we read, we begin, at first timidly, humming along; then singing along, mimicking the tunes and lyrics we most admire. Soon enough the voice we hear sounds like our own.” Thomas Lynch
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on poetry…
April 29, 2012
“The only people who have trouble with poetry are the people who link it with ‘Literature.’ It’s much more akin to mountain walking and dancing by yourself at 2 A.M.” Theo Dorgan
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spring…
April 20, 2012
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” Rainer Maria Rilke
on writing…
April 6, 2012
“What’s writing really about? It’s trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.” Ted Hughes
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on poetry…
March 25, 2012
on poetry…
March 11, 2012
“A poet cannot refuse language, choose another medium. But the poet can re-fuse the language given to him or her, bend and torque it into an instrument for connection instead of dominance and apartheid.” Adrienne Rich
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on poetry…
February 12, 2012
on poetry…
January 8, 2012
“In poetry, language is returned to its once magical state. The words are surprised to be there. Some seem relieved, others embarrassed. The poet has brought them out of the orphanage for a day at the beach.” Billy Collins
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a very Gaiman new year!
January 1, 2012
Sometimes, somebody just gets it right.
Neil Gaiman gets it right, so we’re passing along this link to his New Year Wish. (The illustration is just part of it…click the link to see the rest.)
Happy New Year!
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Gaiman poster
