“I often feel trapped. I often feel like I'm trying to escape some trap, be it a way of thinking, a compulsion, or a way of life. I believe this persistent feeling comes from childhood traumas that stripped away my power. The effect, though, the resulting persistent desire to stretch out of confinement even when confinement is inevitable, is a gift.” ThinkingTryingBelieveFeelingsDesireI BelieveChildhoodTraumaInevitablePersistent Author:Dawn Lundy Martin
“I think the occupation of my poetry is akin to this desire to be many things at once - things that sometimes conflict. Regarding how the quotidian makes its way into the work, it's all of it, in a way. Like, when I'm writing poems, I'm just picking up scraps of whatever is happening around me - a geographical location, a love affair failed, the day the air felt like rope.” ThinkingWritingSometimesDesireConflictAffairPoetry IsLove AffairScrap Author:Dawn Lundy Martin