“One needs to be on guard against expecting external powers to decide when you can take yourself seriously as an artist. It can be a long wait - and lead to endless appetite.” NeedsLongArtistWaitingEndlessAppetiteExpectingLong Wait Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I like to joke that I started writing long poems out the anxiety over ending and starting poems. It just seemed easier to keep going.” WritingLongEasierAnxietyJokesStartingKeep Going Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I like the dance between sustained focus and digression that the long poem invites. A controlling metaphor helps to sustain the long poem.” LongHelpingFocusMetaphorInvites Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I do think that the long poem speaks for an inner need for continuity. We live in a time of so many losses, disruptions, and distractions, that the need for a sense of the ongoing is quite real. The long poem is very satisfying in offering the psyche a model of coherence.” ThinkingNeedsLongRealSpeakLossModelsSatisfyingDistractionOfferingOngoingContinuityDisruptionCoherence Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
