“I reach readers rather unintentionally, I think, and those readers likely connect with the slant, the off-kilter, the part of the road you can barely see from the well-traveled road. So, when I'm writing, I'm not thinking about audience at all. Instead, I'm trying to see behind those shrubs, down that hidden path. We're the weirdos of the world and there are so many weirdos.” ThinkingWorldWritingTryingAudiencePathWeirdo Author:Dawn Lundy Martin
“When I am writing poetry, I try to make my mind go a little lazy, to not think too much, as a way of opening up the part of the brain that makes poems. If I'm successful in this part of the process I'm often not. If my mind gets too lazy it will linger in familiar boring territory, it's like my mind can stroke the physical world.” ThinkingWorldWritingTryingMindBrainSuccessfulBoringFamiliarLazyWriting Poetry Author:Dawn Lundy Martin
“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