“Trying to remember you is like carrying water in my hands a long distance across sand. Somewhere people are waiting. They have drunk nothing for days.” DeathPoetryLossGriefPoemMemoryMourningRemembrance Author:Stephen Dobyns
“Baudelaire's L'Héautontimorouménos was long seen to be a sexual sadomasochistic poem, it is now generally accepted that the poem is about writing poetry.” WritingLongPoetryLiteratureAcceptedWriting PoetryBaudelaire Book:Next Word, Better Word: The Craft of Writing Poetry Source: Next Word, Better Word: The Craft of Writing Poetry
“When a philosopher, scientist, or psychologist discusses the discrepancy between the actual and the ideal, he or she attempts to convince us with the tools of discursive thought ... An artist does it differently ... their primary approach is different, even though both groups, if you will, are investigating the actual, the ideal, and the discrepancy in between.” IfsDoeDifferentPoetryArtistLiteratureGroupsApproachIdealsToolsScientistPhilosopherPrimariesConvincePsychologistInvestigatingDiscrepanciesConvince UsDiscrepancies Between Author:Stephen Dobyns
