I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem are very important to me.
I tell, therefore you are. - Margaret Atwood
I tell, therefore you are.
- Margaret Atwood
Faith is only a word, embroidered. - Margaret Atwood
Faith is only a word, embroidered.
friendship was always contingent. - Margaret Atwood
friendship was always contingent.
There is never only one, of anyone - Margaret Atwood
There is never only one, of anyone
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it. - Margaret Atwood
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.
You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see. - Margaret Atwood
You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see.
Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing. - Margaret Atwood
Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing.
Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others. - Margaret Atwood
Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others.
In the end, we'll all become stories. - Margaret Atwood
In the end, we'll all become stories.
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