#poem

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#chance #disaster #discovery #each #fulfillment

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

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In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself. ↗

— Simon Armitage

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The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. ↗

— John Ashbery

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I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for dead than wondering what thunder sounds like. ↗

— Andrea Gibson

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No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results? ↗

— John Barton

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I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant. ↗

— John Barton

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To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that. ↗

— John Barton

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