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Laura Kasischke is an American writer known for her poetry and novels. Her works often explore themes of personal identity, memory, and emotion. Born in 1961, Kasischke began her writing career in the 1980s.

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Famous Laura Kasischke Quotes

“The wind has toppled the telescope over onto the lawn: So much for stars. Your brief shot at the universe, gone.”

Poetry Universe Stars Metaphor Space In Chains Laura Kasischke Lost Opportunity Missed Chance

Book:Space, in Chains

Source: Space, in Chains

“It is some water lilies and a skull in a decorative pond, and a tiny goldfish swimming like an animated change-purse made of brightness and surprises observing the moment through its empty eye.”

Poetry Metaphor Imagery Space In Chains Laura Kasischke

Book:Space, in Chains

Source: Space, in Chains

“Look! I bear into this room a platter piled high with the rage my mother felt toward my father! Yes, it's diamonds now. It's pearls, public humiliation, an angry dime-store clerk, a man passed out at the train station, a girl at the bookstore determined to read every fucking magazine on this shelf for free.”

Poetry Metaphor Rage Space In Chains Laura Kasischke

Book:Space, in Chains

Source: Space, in Chains

“And the box inside him in which his mother resides is velvet and black and without size.”

Poetry Metaphor Creepy Space In Chains Laura Kasischke

Book:Space, in Chains

Source: Space, in Chains

“The last hour waiting patiently on a tray for her somewhere in the future. The spoon slipping quietly into the beautiful soup.”

Death Metaphor Mortality The Future Space In Chains Laura Kasischke

Book:Space, in Chains

Source: Space, in Chains

About the Author

Born: 1961
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 63

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