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Quote by Stephen Dobyns

“Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn't comic at all. The comic element works as a surprise. It is unexpected and energizing.”

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Stephen Dobyns

Stephen Dobyns is an American poet born on February 19, 1941. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, covering a wide range of themes including love, death, history, and religion. more

“My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook.”

Knows Way Feels Writing May Sound Metaphor Fishes My Way Hook Brushing Alertness Attentiveness

Author:Stephen Dobyns

“As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience.”

Writing Book Soul Enough Audience Your Soul Disheartening

Author:Sylvia Day

“As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.”

Discipline

Author:Sylvia Day

“I can't live without my smartphone, but I really geek on coding. It's not so much technology that I like, but puzzle solving.”

I Can Technology Puzzles Geek Smartphones

Author:Sylvia Day