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Mark Strand Quotes

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem Picture Quote #1

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written Picture Quote #1

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes Picture Quote #1

The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions Picture Quote #1

There’s a certain point, when you’re writing autobiographical stuff, where you don’t want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest Picture Quote #1

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry Picture Quote #1

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Poetry is about slowing down. You sit and you read something, you read it again, and it reveals a little bit more, and things come to light you never could have predicted Picture Quote #1

No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain Picture Quote #1

Even this late it happens the coming of love, the coming of light. You wake and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, sending up warm bouquets of air. Even this late the bones of the body shine and tomorrow’s dust flares into breath Picture Quote #1

In a field I am the absence of field.That is always the case. Wherever I am, I am what is missing. When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the space where my body has been. We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole Picture Quote #1

We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention Picture Quote #1

When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body’s been Picture Quote #1

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It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape Picture Quote #1

Poems not only demand patience, they demand a kind of surrender. You must give yourself up to them. This is the real food for a poet: other poems, not meat loaf Picture Quote #1

The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again Picture Quote #1

A poem is a place where the conditions of beyondness and withinness are made palpable, where to imagine is to feel what it is to be. It allows us to have the life we are denied because we are too busy living. Even more paradoxically, poetry permits us to live in ourselves as if we were just out of reach of ourselves Picture Quote #1

And what does it matter when light enters the room where a child sleeps and the waking mother, opening her eyes, wishes more than anything to be unwakened by what she cannot name? Picture Quote #1

She stood beside me for years, or was it a moment? I cannot remember. Maybe I loved her, maybe I didn’t. There was a house, and then no house. There were trees, but none remain. When no one remembers, what is there? You, whose moments are gone, who drift like smoke in the afterlife, tell me something, tell me anything Picture Quote #1

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In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing Picture Quote #1

It came to my house. It sat on my shoulders. Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours. I have carried it with me too long. I give it back Picture Quote #1

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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem (Mark Strand Quotes) And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written (Mark Strand Quotes) I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes (Mark Strand Quotes) The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions (Mark Strand Quotes) There’s a certain point, when you’re writing autobiographical stuff, where you don’t want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest (Mark Strand Quotes) Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry (Mark Strand Quotes) Poetry is about slowing down. You sit and you read something, you read it again, and it reveals a little bit more, and things come to light you never could have predicted (Mark Strand Quotes) No voice comes from outer space, from the folds of dust and carpets of wind to tell us that this is the way it was meant to happen, that if only we knew how long the ruins would last we would never complain (Mark Strand Quotes) Even this late it happens the coming of love, the coming of light. You wake and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, sending up warm bouquets of air. Even this late the bones of the body shine and tomorrow’s dust flares into breath (Mark Strand Quotes) In a field I am the absence of field.That is always the case. Wherever I am, I am what is missing. When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the space where my body has been. We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole (Mark Strand Quotes) We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention (Mark Strand Quotes) When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body’s been (Mark Strand Quotes) It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape (Mark Strand Quotes) Poems not only demand patience, they demand a kind of surrender. You must give yourself up to them. This is the real food for a poet: other poems, not meat loaf (Mark Strand Quotes) The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again (Mark Strand Quotes) A poem is a place where the conditions of beyondness and withinness are made palpable, where to imagine is to feel what it is to be. It allows us to have the life we are denied because we are too busy living. Even more paradoxically, poetry permits us to live in ourselves as if we were just out of reach of ourselves (Mark Strand Quotes) And what does it matter when light enters the room where a child sleeps and the waking mother, opening her eyes, wishes more than anything to be unwakened by what she cannot name? (Mark Strand Quotes) She stood beside me for years, or was it a moment? I cannot remember. Maybe I loved her, maybe I didn’t. There was a house, and then no house. There were trees, but none remain. When no one remembers, what is there? You, whose moments are gone, who drift like smoke in the afterlife, tell me something, tell me anything (Mark Strand Quotes) In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing (Mark Strand Quotes) It came to my house. It sat on my shoulders. Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours. I have carried it with me too long. I give it back (Mark Strand Quotes)

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