If the poetry world celebrate its female stars at the true level of their productivity and influence, poetry would wind up being a largely female world, and the men would leave.
Eileen MylesRead
I made myself into a poet because it was the first thing I really loved. It was an act of will.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the power of personal choice in pursuing one's passions.
Eileen Myles expresses that becoming a poet was a deliberate choice driven by a deep love for poetry. This highlights the importance of passion and the active will to shape one's identity and career based on what truly resonates with an individual.
Themes
PoetPassionWillIdentityArt
In practice
Example use cases
In a graduation speech to inspire students to pursue their passions.
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All quotes →The poet’s life is just so much crenellated waste, nights and days whipping swiftly or laboriously past the cinematic window. We’re hunched and weaving over the keys of our green our grey or pink blue manual typewriter maybe a darker stone cold thoritative selectric with its orgasmic expectant hum and us popping pills and laughing over what you or I just wrote, wondering if that line means insult or sex. Or both. Usually both.
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