Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't worthy of the written word. But for me the urge toward poetry, that seductive feeling of being swept away by words, was enough for me to overcome that fear that my experiences weren't worthy of poetry itself.
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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