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“After my marriage ended, I had an urge to skip that part of my life completely in terms of poetry, not publish anything at all about it.”

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Denise Duhamel

Denise Duhamel is a renowned American poet, born on June 13, 1961. Her poetry is celebrated for its unique style and profound emotional expression. Duhamel's work covers a wide range of themes, including family, love, nature, and social issues. more

“In almost every book I've written, there is a reference to a movie - legendary films, actors and actresses, and forgotten made-for-TV movies. The leaps poems make are not unlike the cuts in a film. The miniature and avant-garde prose poets have perhaps the most obvious ties to film, as a prose poem in its shape is not unlike a movie screen.”

Made Book Film Actors Cutting Written Poet Tvs Shapes Forgotten Obvious Actresses Screens Ties Prose Leap Legendary Avant Garde Miniatures Actors And Actresses Film Actors

Author:Denise Duhamel

“Visual media is the dominant art form in our present day culture, whereas poetry is, at best, a proxy. Yet poetry and film are both "dream factories."”

Art Dream Film Form Culture Media Visuals Poetry Is Factories Dominant Present Day Proxy

Author:Denise Duhamel

“I began to think about the extent to which nude and semi-nude female bodies are commonplace in our present day culture and how young girls might be affected. I wondered if, at some point, this bombardment of images could possibly get boring and that concealing - rather than revealing - would awaken sexual desire. I don't think that will ever be the case, of course, but I was intrigued to write a poem in which dressing was just as erotic as undressing.”

“I am interested in the confines of the page and busting through/off the page as well. A writer must let go of the line when writing prose poems, which brings its own pleasures.”

Writing Wells Lines Pleasure Letting Go Pages Prose Busting

Author:Denise Duhamel

“The "biggest" poems I ever made are based on the psychological principal of the "Johari Window:" what the self freely shares with others; what the self hides from others; what others hide from the self; and what is unknown to the self and others.”

Made Self Share Window Psychological Principal

Author:Denise Duhamel

“I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.”

Ends Used Records Week Mum

Author:Elton John

“I am open to squeezing in whatever I can in this wonderful life. Instead of asking, "Is that all there is?" I seem, lately, to be always saying, "Wow!"”

I Can Seems Wonderful Asking Wow Wonderful Life Squeezing

Author:Denise Duhamel

“I would love to have the endorsement of every progressive organization in America. We're very proud to have received recently the endorsement of MoveOn.org. We've received the endorsement Democracy for America. These are grassroots organizations representing millions of workers.”

America Millions Democracy Proud Organization Workers Progressive Representing Endorsements Grassroots

Author:Bernie Sanders

“What we are doing in this campaign [2016], it just blows my mind every day because I see it clearly, we're taking on not only Wall Street and economic establishment, we're taking on the political establishment.”

Mind Political Economic Streets Wall Blow Campaigns Establishment

Author:Bernie Sanders

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