Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
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.
- Anne Stevenson
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.
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.
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…
I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson. - Anne Stevenson
I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. - 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… - 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…
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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