Not that a poem can "hurt" someone the same way a physical blow can or even a mean remark can...I just felt unsure that my tone would be taken the ri…

- Denise Duhamel

My advice to my younger self would have been, "Chill. Concentrate on the poems. Everything else will work itself out."

- Denise Duhamel

After my marriage ended, I had an urge to skip that part of my life completely in terms of poetry, not publish anything at all about it.

- Denise Duhamel

Writing is performative - and while, yes, the words in essence will be there "forever," poems are often about ecstatic moments rather than trying to …

- Denise Duhamel

What has stayed true in my life as a writer is my dedication to writing - I try to write every day, no matter what - and the joy that writing has giv…

- Denise Duhamel

Unlike Woody Allen, I would be happy to be part of any (poetry) club that would have me.

- Denise Duhamel

While poetry was less professionalized than it is now, I still had this urge to win prizes and see my work in magazines, to get an "A," as though poe…

- Denise Duhamel

I love going to movie theaters, even in the era of movies on-demand and Netflix. When you are in a movie theater, no one can reach you by phone or ot…

- Denise Duhamel

Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.

- Denise Duhamel