Mind led body to the edge of the precipice. They stared in desire at the naked abyss. If you love me, said mind, take that step into silence. If you love me, said body, turn and exist.
I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me. - Anne Stevenson
I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.
- Anne Stevenson
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. - Anne Stevenson
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.
I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson. - Anne Stevenson
I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a s… - Anne Stevenson
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a s…
You sleep with a dream of summer weather, wake to the thrum of rain—roped down by rain. Nothing out there but drop-heavy feathers of grass and rainy… - Anne Stevenson
You sleep with a dream of summer weather, wake to the thrum of rain—roped down by rain. Nothing out there but drop-heavy feathers of grass and rainy…
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. - Anne Stevenson
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
There's no friend like someone who has known you since you were five. - Anne Stevenson
There's no friend like someone who has known you since you were five.
Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. - Anne Stevenson
Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.
Blackbirds are the cellos of the deep farms. - Anne Stevenson
Blackbirds are the cellos of the deep farms.
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