“I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to write. I meet the muse in the poems of others and invite her to my poems. I see over and over again, in different ways, what is possible, how the perimeters of poetry are expanding and making way for new forms.” WayWantWritingBelieveDifferentFormReadingI BelieveImpossibleDifferent WaysInvitesMuseExpandingReading PoetryGood PoetryPerimeter Author:Denise Duhamel
“Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.” YearsSaidFormTechnique Author:Denise Duhamel
“In addition to writing in received forms, I have also had fun making up forms - Möbius strips and visual poems, particularly.” WritingFormFunVisualsMaking UpHad Fun Author:Denise Duhamel
“Visual media is the dominant art form in our present day culture, whereas poetry is, at best, a proxy. Yet poetry and film are both "dream factories."” ArtDreamFilmFormCultureMediaVisualsPoetry IsFactoriesDominantPresent DayProxy Author:Denise Duhamel
