“I don’t write poetry when I wish, I write when I can’t, when my larynx is flooded and my throat is shut.” WritingI CanWishThroat Author:Anna Kamienska
“Letters of the condemned. Last words scratched on a cell’s wall. To write like that.” WritingLastsWallLettersCellsLast Words Author:Anna Kamienska
“I have no talent. I write poems for myself, to think things through, that’s all.” ThinkingWritingTalent Author:Anna Kamienska
“Writing down your thoughts is both necessary and harmful. It leads to eccentricity, narcissism, preserves what should be let go. On the other hand, these notes intensify the inner life, which, left unexpressed, slips through your fingers. If only I could find a better kind of journal, humbler, one that would preserve the same thoughts, the same flesh of life, which is worth saving.” IfsShouldWritingKindHandsLeftGoes OnLetting GoNotesFingersFleshSavingPreservesSlipsNarcissismJournalInner LifeEccentricity Author:Anna Kamienska