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Poem Writing Quotes

I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you have to be less ashamed about writing a bad poem than you would be about being silent Picture Quote #1

Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life Picture Quote #1

The writing of a poem is, for me, in the first place, an almost total act of abandon leading to discovery leading to recognition Picture Quote #1

From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old Picture Quote #1

Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You’re working. You’re trying. You’re not lying down on the ground, having given up Picture Quote #1

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She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it Picture Quote #1

The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it Picture Quote #1

I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem Picture Quote #1

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering Picture Quote #1

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation Picture Quote #1

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot Picture Quote #1

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The reading of a poem should be an experience. Its writing must be all the more so Picture Quote #1

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape Picture Quote #1

I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process Picture Quote #1

I had always written. I had written stories and poems. Then I started writing plays Picture Quote #1

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer Picture Quote #1

Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field Picture Quote #1

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I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer. (Poem Writing Quotes) Sometimes you have to be less ashamed about writing a bad poem than you would be about being silent. (Poem Writing Quotes) Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life (Poem Writing Quotes) The writing of a poem is, for me, in the first place, an almost total act of abandon leading to discovery leading to recognition (Poem Writing Quotes) From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old (Poem Writing Quotes) Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You’re working. You’re trying. You’re not lying down on the ground, having given up (Poem Writing Quotes) She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it (Poem Writing Quotes) The success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it (Poem Writing Quotes) I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem (Poem Writing Quotes) I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering (Poem Writing Quotes) The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation (Poem Writing Quotes) The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot (Poem Writing Quotes) The reading of a poem should be an experience. Its writing must be all the more so (Poem Writing Quotes) I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape (Poem Writing Quotes) I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process (Poem Writing Quotes) I had always written. I had written stories and poems. Then I started writing plays (Poem Writing Quotes) Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer (Poem Writing Quotes) Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field (Poem Writing Quotes)