I'm always somehow drawn to that sense of how fragile things are and how a garden means so differently depending upon whose language you happen to be in or whose century you happen to be in.
I try to attach myself to things around me so that they don't slip away. - Martha Ronk
I try to attach myself to things around me so that they don't slip away.
- Martha Ronk
I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems. - Martha Ronk
I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems.
A number of poems don't work alone. They need to fit together to work. - Martha Ronk
A number of poems don't work alone. They need to fit together to work.
I'm in California, so I know people who are natives who tell me there's lots of weather here, but it's not the same as being in Vermont. Since I grew… - Martha Ronk
I'm in California, so I know people who are natives who tell me there's lots of weather here, but it's not the same as being in Vermont. Since I grew…
Looking out a window from different vantage points changes what you see and therefore what you write. - Martha Ronk
Looking out a window from different vantage points changes what you see and therefore what you write.
I want literature to open all the doors that I can't open by myself, and to allow me to see things that I wouldn't otherwise see. - Martha Ronk
I want literature to open all the doors that I can't open by myself, and to allow me to see things that I wouldn't otherwise see.
I know that in some ways I operate from a kind of antiquated interest in imagery, while many contemporary poets are not so interested in imagery. I t… - Martha Ronk
I know that in some ways I operate from a kind of antiquated interest in imagery, while many contemporary poets are not so interested in imagery. I t…
Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to me. - Martha Ronk
Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to me.
I can't remember the past, or I can't see very clearly, or I've gotten older and the person I was isn't there anymore, and the place I grew up isn't … - Martha Ronk
I can't remember the past, or I can't see very clearly, or I've gotten older and the person I was isn't there anymore, and the place I grew up isn't …
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