When I was young, my father was lord Of a small kingdom: a wife, a garden, Kids for whom his word was Word. It took years for my view to harden, To shrink him to human size.
I think tension between the intimate and the vast is at the heart of every poem by any poet, though of course the terms with which it is explored var… - Tracy K. Smith
I think tension between the intimate and the vast is at the heart of every poem by any poet, though of course the terms with which it is explored var…
- Tracy K. Smith
Often it is a moment rather than an event that makes a poem. - Tracy K. Smith
Often it is a moment rather than an event that makes a poem.
So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what m… - Tracy K. Smith
So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what m…
time never stops, but does it end? and how many livesbefore take-off, before we find ourselves beyond ourselves, all glam-glow, all twinkle and gold? - Tracy K. Smith
time never stops, but does it end? and how many livesbefore take-off, before we find ourselves beyond ourselves, all glam-glow, all twinkle and gold?
For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit. - Tracy K. Smith
For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit.
Once I started writing all the time and interacting with poets, I made a conscious decision to identify myself as a poet. It's funny how much a singl… - Tracy K. Smith
Once I started writing all the time and interacting with poets, I made a conscious decision to identify myself as a poet. It's funny how much a singl…
Everything that disappears/Disappears as if returning somewhere - Tracy K. Smith
Everything that disappears/Disappears as if returning somewhere
We are here for what amounts to a few/hours,/a day at most./We feel around making sense of the terrain,/our own new limbs,/Bumping up against a herd … - Tracy K. Smith
We are here for what amounts to a few/hours,/a day at most./We feel around making sense of the terrain,/our own new limbs,/Bumping up against a herd …
I've been beating my head all day long on the same six lines. - Tracy K. Smith
I've been beating my head all day long on the same six lines.
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