“Everyone had always told me I had to see alpine flowers, since I was writing about flowers, and I had never seen these. So I happened to be teaching a class at the University of Colorado, and I got to go for hikes that took me there. But my perspective was most often down at ground level, trying to see quite tiny exquisite flowers.” WritingTryingLevelsClassHappenedTeachingFlowerPerspectiveUniversityTinyExquisiteColoradoAlpine Author:Martha Ronk
“One of the reasons I like immersing myself in different texts, putting myself in the company of other writers, is that they do change your vocabulary. They change what you write about or they change the length of lines.” WritingDifferentReasonLinesCompanyLengthVocabulary Author:Martha Ronk
“Looking out a window from different vantage points changes what you see and therefore what you write.” WritingDifferentWindowVantage Point Author:Martha Ronk
“Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to me.” WayWritingDifferentSeemsFallPayAttentionGroupsPoetPay AttentionDifferent Ways Author:Martha Ronk
“I think those of us who use language are always trying for this, trying to keep everything from floating away by trying to write about it despite failure.” ThinkingWritingTryingUseLanguageDespiteFloatingAlways TryingFloating Away Author:Martha Ronk
“One of the things I've always thought is that if I were to write a poetics, it would have to do with the poetics of failure, and the way in which all the things that you claim or that you try for are already based on the limits of language.” IfsWayWritingTryingLanguageLimitsClaims Author:Martha Ronk