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A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense Picture Quote #1

An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive Picture Quote #1

The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight Picture Quote #1

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry Picture Quote #1

Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem Picture Quote #1

I have experienced healing through other writers’ poetry, but there’s no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I’ll write a bad poem Picture Quote #1

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One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way Picture Quote #1

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem Picture Quote #1

I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine Picture Quote #1

What I try to do is to go into a poem - and one writes them, of course, poem by poem - to go into each poem, first of all without having any sense whatsoever of where it’s going to end up Picture Quote #1

Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it’s as close as I come to telling how I do it Picture Quote #1

Robert Frost had always said you mustn’t think of the last line first, or it’s only a fake poem, not a real one. I’m inclined to agree Picture Quote #1

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A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season Picture Quote #1

I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law Picture Quote #1

I don’t decide. My secret self decides. I just go with my subconscious. If it wants to do a poem, I do a poem, and if it wants to do a play, I do a play. So I’m not in charge, I’m not in control Picture Quote #1

I’d say that the middle stanza is closer: that’s the place where the poem ranges unexpectedly into a different realm Picture Quote #1

I’m never quite sure how the poem is going to resolve itself and that I’m always in some way surprised. I make a discovery in a poem as I write it Picture Quote #1

I think that when a poem can move readers across generations and across its specific class or race then it becomes truly classic Picture Quote #1

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All things in the world are singing a song, reciting a poem, inaudibly, to their surroundings, to the things they encounter Picture Quote #1

The story and the poem are obviously changed by being placed in the novel, so in a sense they’re no longer the works that preceded the novel Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of unconscious activity that goes on I think in the composition of a poem Picture Quote #1

Vores’s settings fit Torgove’s voice like a knife’s sheath; they are alert to the harmony of every poem and to every shift of tonality within Picture Quote #1

The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful Picture Quote #1

If you can explain a poem, it is not a poem. Poetry has to be inexplicable Picture Quote #1

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If there is anything unique about my writing it is the way that I combine poetry and prose, not just on the level of having a poem here, prose there, but that it really is a true amalgam Picture Quote #1

Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the form Picture Quote #1

I do love the prose poem because it’s such a perverse and provocative little box - always asking to be questioned, never giving a straight or definitive answer Picture Quote #1

One of the things I’m constantly telling my students is that they’re never going to write a poem everyone gets, or if they do, they’ve failed. They should leave someone behind every time Picture Quote #1

Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image Picture Quote #1

The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel Picture Quote #1

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A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense (Poem Quotes) An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive (Poem Quotes) The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight (Poem Quotes) To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry (Poem Quotes) Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem (Poem Quotes) I have experienced healing through other writers’ poetry, but there’s no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I’ll write a bad poem (Poem Quotes) One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way (Poem Quotes) Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem (Poem Quotes) I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine (Poem Quotes) What I try to do is to go into a poem - and one writes them, of course, poem by poem - to go into each poem, first of all without having any sense whatsoever of where it’s going to end up (Poem Quotes) Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it’s as close as I come to telling how I do it (Poem Quotes) Robert Frost had always said you mustn’t think of the last line first, or it’s only a fake poem, not a real one. I’m inclined to agree (Poem Quotes) A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season (Poem Quotes) I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law (Poem Quotes) I don’t decide. My secret self decides. I just go with my subconscious. If it wants to do a poem, I do a poem, and if it wants to do a play, I do a play. So I’m not in charge, I’m not in control (Poem Quotes) I’d say that the middle stanza is closer: that’s the place where the poem ranges unexpectedly into a different realm (Poem Quotes) I’m never quite sure how the poem is going to resolve itself and that I’m always in some way surprised. I make a discovery in a poem as I write it (Poem Quotes) I think that when a poem can move readers across generations and across its specific class or race then it becomes truly classic (Poem Quotes) All things in the world are singing a song, reciting a poem, inaudibly, to their surroundings, to the things they encounter (Poem Quotes) The story and the poem are obviously changed by being placed in the novel, so in a sense they’re no longer the works that preceded the novel (Poem Quotes) There’s a lot of unconscious activity that goes on I think in the composition of a poem (Poem Quotes) Vores’s settings fit Torgove’s voice like a knife’s sheath; they are alert to the harmony of every poem and to every shift of tonality within (Poem Quotes) The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful (Poem Quotes) If you can explain a poem, it is not a poem. Poetry has to be inexplicable (Poem Quotes) If there is anything unique about my writing it is the way that I combine poetry and prose, not just on the level of having a poem here, prose there, but that it really is a true amalgam (Poem Quotes) Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the form (Poem Quotes) I do love the prose poem because it’s such a perverse and provocative little box - always asking to be questioned, never giving a straight or definitive answer (Poem Quotes) One of the things I’m constantly telling my students is that they’re never going to write a poem everyone gets, or if they do, they’ve failed. They should leave someone behind every time (Poem Quotes) Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image (Poem Quotes) The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel (Poem Quotes)

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