Writing is the hammer & chisel that breaks down the established way of thinking. A concrete event, then an abstraction. An image, then a thought. Finally, writing builds another establishment with the fragments.
Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy & insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, … - Diane Glancy
Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy & insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, …
- Diane Glancy
Who thinks of justice unless he knows injustice? - Diane Glancy
Who thinks of justice unless he knows injustice?
Words - as I speak or write them - make a path on which I walk. - Diane Glancy
Words - as I speak or write them - make a path on which I walk.
The word is important in Native American tradition. You speak the path on which you walk. Your words make the trail. - Diane Glancy
The word is important in Native American tradition. You speak the path on which you walk. Your words make the trail.
It is easier to gnaw through bone. Than the hide of the heart. - Diane Glancy
It is easier to gnaw through bone. Than the hide of the heart.
Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold. - Diane Glancy
Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.
Poetry examines an emotional truth. It's an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific tr… - Diane Glancy
Poetry examines an emotional truth. It's an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific tr…
Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It's been an integral activity for a long time. - Diane Glancy
Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It's been an integral activity for a long time.
20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it. - Diane Glancy
20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it.
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