I write when I can. I have no set writing practices, or times, or methods. I write when I'm not doing other things - in the odd times when I'm traveling, or in hotels, or when I get time to be alone with my thoughts.
I like when a poem ends on its "receipts," meaning it gives me something tactile or tangible to dwell on as I exit the reading experience. So I striv… - Allison Joseph
I like when a poem ends on its "receipts," meaning it gives me something tactile or tangible to dwell on as I exit the reading experience. So I striv…
- Allison Joseph
I need sometimes to hang back in the shadows with my pen and paper, and then other times, I need to take center stage in my own creations. The trick … - Allison Joseph
I need sometimes to hang back in the shadows with my pen and paper, and then other times, I need to take center stage in my own creations. The trick …
I find it hard to write poems in reaction to world/national events unless there's a way in that's so evident to me that I can't deny the urge to writ… - Allison Joseph
I find it hard to write poems in reaction to world/national events unless there's a way in that's so evident to me that I can't deny the urge to writ…
Poetry is such an ancient art, and I consider myself young within that art. - Allison Joseph
Poetry is such an ancient art, and I consider myself young within that art.
Part of elegy is confrontation - not just with the idea of death, but with the person who has died. - Allison Joseph
Part of elegy is confrontation - not just with the idea of death, but with the person who has died.
Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing. - Allison Joseph
Editing is work, and it's hard to do while working on one's own writing.
I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about figures like Bo… - Allison Joseph
I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about figures like Bo…
I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them. - Allison Joseph
I think that the people who really accomplish things in this world have to have a little bit of crazy in them.
I write a lot, and then forget what I've written, and then come back to it and say, "Not bad, I should do something with this!" - Allison Joseph
I write a lot, and then forget what I've written, and then come back to it and say, "Not bad, I should do something with this!"
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