“My goals as an artist have nothing to do with speaking to an audience. I love to have a good time, but when it comes to poetry I'm not really interested in writing poetry that seeks to entertain or operate safely within the mainstream and, to be clear, I'm not disparaging the really phenomenal work that does - it's just not my interest as a poet.” WritingArtistGoalInterestAudiencePoetGood TimesHaving A Good TimePhenomenalWriting Poetry 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