“Ever since I was little, I’ve loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people.” Quote by Sarah Kay
“Ever since I was little, I’ve loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people. The book gives me a similar experience. I love being able to hold this object in my hands and say, “This is mine. I made this. It is a gift for you.” I love that feeling. Especially since this particular object contains ten years worth of my poems.” PeopleGivingYearsLittlesArtMadeBookFeelingsHandsAbleLove IsObjectsMinesParticularTenGive MeCardsCrafts Author:Sarah Kay
“I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me.” WritingTryingFiguresStrategyPoetry IsPuzzlesWraps Author:Sarah Kay
“Sometimes I am puzzling over something for months and months and the poem gets created in small bursts and rewritten a hundred times, and chopped up and put back together, etc. Occasionally, though rarely, a poem just plops out of my head fully-formed. But always it is a blueprint of what my brain is trying to navigate at that moment.” TryingSometimesMomentsTogetherBrainMonthsHundredEtcThat MomentBack TogetherNavigateBlueprintsPuzzling Author:Sarah Kay
“I write about love and family a lot, because I'm always trying to figure those things out. At different points in my life, just when I think I've finished writing about it, the dynamics shift, and then I have a whole new set of questions and worries and misunderstandings to wrestle with.” ThinkingWritingTryingDifferentWholeWorryFiguresFinishedMisunderstandingAlways TryingDynamicsLove And Family Author:Sarah Kay
“I fell in love with poetry through storytelling, so my poetry tends to be fairly narrative. I like characters, I like having a beginning, middle, and ending, though not necessarily in that order.” CharacterOrderMiddleStorytellingNarrative Author:Sarah Kay
“One thing that I believe is that every time I write something, I am taking the time to celebrate. Even if I am writing a sad story or an angry poem, I am still giving those stories my time and attention.” IfsGivingWritingBelieveStillsStoriesI BelieveAttentionOne ThingAngryCelebrateMy TimeSad Story Author:Sarah Kay
“Every moment I choose to write about is one I have deemed important enough to dwell inside of and share with others. I am holding this moment up to the light and saying, "Wow, will you look at that?"” WritingLooksImportantEnoughMomentsLightShareWow Author:Sarah Kay
“Thinking about writing as an act of celebration is sometimes a helpful framework for me. It allows me to prioritize what I want to call attention to and what I want others to know about me. It makes me ask: What is worth celebrating?” ThinkingKnowsWantWritingSometimesAsksAttentionCelebrateHelpfulCelebrationFrameworkPrioritize Author:Sarah Kay
“Poetry is like pooping. If there is a poem inside of you, it has to come out. Sometimes it can be really difficult and take longer than you'd like (it may even be painful), but other times it can be really easy and happen much faster than you expected. But either way - it is important, and it feels so much better when it's done.” IfsWayFeelsMayImportantSometimesDoneHappensEasyDifficultPainfulExpectedFasterPoetry Is Author:Sarah Kay
“Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more accessible and approachable.” TryingLittlesSchoolPedestal Author:Sarah Kay
