I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who possesses a highly developed moral sense and a bitter honesty, is rare at any time and especially in this time. We need him.
I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who possesses a highly developed moral sense and … - Carolyn Kizer
I happen to believe that there are a lot of good poets around at present, but a poet like Alex Kuo, who possesses a highly developed moral sense and …
- Carolyn Kizer
Poems, to me, do not come from ideas, they come from a series of images that you tuck away in the back of your brain. Little photographic snapshots. … - Carolyn Kizer
Poems, to me, do not come from ideas, they come from a series of images that you tuck away in the back of your brain. Little photographic snapshots. …
Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerne… - Carolyn Kizer
Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves, concerne…
What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions. - Carolyn Kizer
What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.
In some ways painters have been more important in my life than writers. Painters teach you how to see—a faculty that usually isn’t highly developed i… - Carolyn Kizer
In some ways painters have been more important in my life than writers. Painters teach you how to see—a faculty that usually isn’t highly developed i…
We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension. - Carolyn Kizer
We live in wonder, blaze in a cycle of passion and apprehension.
You cannot meet someone for a moment, or even cast eyes on someone in the street, without changing. That is my subject. - Carolyn Kizer
You cannot meet someone for a moment, or even cast eyes on someone in the street, without changing. That is my subject.
You write for the people in high school who ignored you. We all do. - Carolyn Kizer
You write for the people in high school who ignored you. We all do.
He said, "You have pigs in this poem; pigs are not poetic." I got up and walked out of that class and never went back. - Carolyn Kizer
He said, "You have pigs in this poem; pigs are not poetic." I got up and walked out of that class and never went back.
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