Maxine Kumin was an American poet celebrated for her vivid imagery and emotional depth. Born on June 6, 1925, and passing away on February 6, 2014, Kumin's poetry often delved into themes of nature, family, and personal experiences, earning her numerous awards and critical acclaim.
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“God serves the choosy. They know what to want.”
Source: The privilege
“I didn't write my poems because I wanted to, they were wrung from me. I had to write them.”
Source: Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry
Source: Women, Animals & Vegetables: Essays & Stories
“It is important to act as if bearing witness matters.”
Source: Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry
“Women are not supposed to have uteruses, especially in poems.”
“I'm going home the old way with a light hand on the reins making the long approach.”
Source: In deep: country essays
“Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying.”
Source: The Pawnbroker's Daughter: A Memoir
Source: Always Beginning: Essays on a Life in Poetry
“We are, each of us, our own prisoner. We are locked up in our own story.”
Source: The retrieval system: poems
“And the pond's stillness nippled as if by rain instead is pocked with life.”
Source: The nightmare factory
Source: The nightmare factory
“When Sleeping Beauty wakes up, she is almost fifty years old”
“... people get confidential at midnight.”
Source: The designated heir
“Sometimes tradition is a way of keeping going.”
Source: The designated heir