“As for the differences between audio and the printed page, the sonic aspects of poetry are important to me. I read my poems aloud to myself as I'm composing them. And I enjoy reading to an audience. I think people get tone more easily when they hear a writer read her work. Some people have told me they hear more humor in my poems at a live reading than when they see them on the page. I think that may be a matter of pacing. On the other hand, I've listened to a lot of poetry readings and I know how much you can miss. If you stop to really register one line, you miss the next three or so.” PeopleThinkingImportantReadingEnjoyAudienceMissingPrintedOne Line Author:Rae Armantrout
“Like most of my poems, 'Lie' has several sources: I read a very troubling book called The Sixth Extinction. I took note of the way people, including me, enjoy talking knowledgeably about how the world will end. I drove to Tucson and saw the desert flowering on either side of the road. And I glanced at my spam to see what people wanted to sell me these days.” PeopleWorldWayBookEndsWantedLyingEnjoySidesTalkingSawsSourceSellsNotesIncludingDesertThese DaysExtinctionFloweringSpamTucson Author:Rae Armantrout
