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“When poets die, other poets take it personally, almost as an affront. A lot of us "left behind" are thinking that poetry is the one thing keeping us alive and present, so what does it mean when one of our ranks chooses to end his or her life? There's an anger beneath the grief, you know? That anger and grief, in turn, breeds other poems from those of us left behind.”

Quote by Allison Joseph

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Allison Joseph, born in 1967, is a talented American poet known for her unique style and profound insights into social issues. Her works blend personal experiences, cultural backgrounds, and social commentary, showcasing rich emotions and intellectual depth. more

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“It's fun to see someone grow as a writer, moving from their first workshopped poems to publishing their earliest poems to having a book accepted for publication. It's great to see poets with persistence succeed.”

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“I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.”

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“I write to be recorder, observer, participant, and sometimes, even judge. I want to engage the world as I see it with my whole self - all of those different aspects of it.”

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“I need sometimes to hang back in the shadows with my pen and paper, and then other times, I need to take center stage in my own creations. The trick is to know when to hang back, and when to step forward. It's a perpetual ongoing balance.”

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“In terms of what I write about, I consider no subject too small. Often it's the small moments, that through the amplification of poetry, reveal the larger, more profound truths that we all come to recognize and treasure.”

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“There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.”

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Source: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

“Poetry is such an ancient art, and I consider myself young within that art.”

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“I find it hard to write poems in reaction to world/national events unless there's a way in that's so evident to me that I can't deny the urge to write about such events. It takes me a while to gather the evidence, you know?”

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“Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't worthy of the written word. But for me the urge toward poetry, that seductive feeling of being swept away by words, was enough for me to overcome that fear that my experiences weren't worthy of poetry itself.”

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