The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
タグ: practice, poetry, me, myself

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I don't think you can read poetry while you're watching television very well.
タグ: television, think, poetry, you
When poetry separates from song, then the words have to carry all the rhythm themselves; they have to do all the work. They can't rely on the singing voice.
タグ: words, song, poetry, work
Poetry is meant to inspire readers and listeners, to connect them more deeply to themselves even as it links them more fully to others. But many people feel put off by the terms of poetry, its odd vocabulary, its notorious difficulty.
タグ: more, feel, people, poetry
Depression is a feeling without a cause. Mourning has a cause.
タグ: cause, without, feeling, depression
The elegy does the work of mourning; it allows us to experience mortality. It turns loss into remembrance, and it delivers an inheritance.
タグ: us, loss, experience, work
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