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Joan Larkin Quotes

Keep growing. Stay awake. Beware of gurus. Keep a low overhead Picture Quote #1

From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old Picture Quote #1

I’m much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I’ve gotten very surgical about poems Picture Quote #1

I’m much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I’ve gotten very surgical about poems Picture Quote #1

I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don’t feel as if I have it Picture Quote #1

I worked in an art gallery for a few years, doing administrative assistance stuff, and it exposed me to what the whole world of art dealers and the art market was about Picture Quote #1

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After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled to drop everything and move. But I’ve been teaching for a long time. More than four decades Picture Quote #1

Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I’m grateful for that Picture Quote #1

I love that people want to know about poetry. It’s one of the ways of keeping alive Picture Quote #1

People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are looking for hope and inspiration. I understand that Picture Quote #1

Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can’t imagine trying to translate something without at least being able to hear what it sounds like Picture Quote #1

I think translation is an impossible job, and I admire the people who do it in a way that brings poetry to us that we wouldn’t have access to Picture Quote #1

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I think we’re always most interested in the things we’re doing right now Picture Quote #1

There are some books in which every poem is a facet of the same thing. So the book is like a piece of music. And there are books of poems that I love so much that I carry them around with me Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a tree with very deep roots and while there may be excitement about this or that new little branch, you’re not going to make anything original by just doing whatever’s being rewarded at the moment Picture Quote #1

It takes courage to get clear about what your vision of the work is and to be persistent about it and pursue it, whatever you’re saying. I’m still in a long learning process Picture Quote #1

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Keep growing. Stay awake. Beware of gurus. Keep a low overhead (Joan Larkin Quotes) From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old (Joan Larkin Quotes) I’m much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I’ve gotten very surgical about poems. (Joan Larkin Quotes) I’m much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I’ve gotten very surgical about poems (Joan Larkin Quotes) I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don’t feel as if I have it (Joan Larkin Quotes) I worked in an art gallery for a few years, doing administrative assistance stuff, and it exposed me to what the whole world of art dealers and the art market was about (Joan Larkin Quotes) After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled to drop everything and move. But I’ve been teaching for a long time. More than four decades (Joan Larkin Quotes) Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I’m grateful for that (Joan Larkin Quotes) I love that people want to know about poetry. It’s one of the ways of keeping alive (Joan Larkin Quotes) People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are looking for hope and inspiration. I understand that (Joan Larkin Quotes) Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can’t imagine trying to translate something without at least being able to hear what it sounds like (Joan Larkin Quotes) I think translation is an impossible job, and I admire the people who do it in a way that brings poetry to us that we wouldn’t have access to (Joan Larkin Quotes) I think we’re always most interested in the things we’re doing right now (Joan Larkin Quotes) There are some books in which every poem is a facet of the same thing. So the book is like a piece of music. And there are books of poems that I love so much that I carry them around with me (Joan Larkin Quotes) Poetry is a tree with very deep roots and while there may be excitement about this or that new little branch, you’re not going to make anything original by just doing whatever’s being rewarded at the moment (Joan Larkin Quotes) It takes courage to get clear about what your vision of the work is and to be persistent about it and pursue it, whatever you’re saying. I’m still in a long learning process (Joan Larkin Quotes)