“I feel deep gratitude for the life poetry has allowed me to live. I know the life I could have lived without it. Both on the physical plain, and the soul plain. Poetry helps us endure.” KnowsFeelsSoulHelpingGratitudeEndureDeep Gratitude Author:Dorianne Laux
“I write to invite the voices in, to watch the angel wrestle, to feel the devil gather on its haunches and rise. I write to hear myself breathing. I write to be doing something while I wait to be called to my appointment with death. I write to be done writing. I write because writing is fun.” FeelsWritingDoneFunWaitingVoiceWatchesDevilAngelBreathingInvitesAppointments Author:Dorianne Laux
“We all get habituated, right? You get up in the morning, have your coffee, and read your newspaper, and that’s great. Everybody loves life in its mundane, daily aspects. It’s what makes us feel secure. But I also start to go numb a little bit and I don’t see what’s around me. So I put myself in a new situation and suddenly I’m really seeing the person next to me, hearing music, and I’m smelling, and I can’t help but want to write it down.” WantFeelsWritingLittlesPersonsI CanHelpingNextBitsSituationMorningSeeingLittle BitAspectHearingCoffeeNewspapersGet UpSecureLove LifeMundaneNumbNew SituationsHearing Music Author:Dorianne Laux
