“Poetry is a really helpful instrument. It's so physical; the musicality becomes a sort of expression of the body. The mind is there too, in the formal aspects of the poem. The emotions are there in the way the senses gather things into the poem.” WayMindBodyEmotionExpressionAspectInstrumentsSensesHelpfulPoetry IsFormalMusicality Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“Poetry is one of the most full ways of discovering what it feels like to be a human being in this particular moment, in this particular set of concerns. It's all about discovery.” WayFeelsHumansMomentsHuman BeingsParticularDiscoveryConcernPoetry IsDiscovering Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“Bringing science into poetry is one way of acknowledging some of the richest stuff that is in my cultural moment.” WayMomentsStuffOne WayPoetry Is Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“We're nature. Our minds are nature. Our desire to make poetry is nature.” MindDesirePoetry Is Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
