“I can't move my body slowly. I can't move the line slowly. So I end up with way too much, often opaque to me later.” Quote by Martha Ronk
“A number of poems don't work alone. They need to fit together to work.” NeedsTogetherNumbersFit Author:Martha Ronk
“I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems.” ThinkingBookCreatingSeriesStand Alone Author:Martha Ronk
“The days start to be charged not because tomorrow you're leaving, but because in three weeks you're leaving. The future impinges. So you start to think about the frame.” ThinkingThreeWeekTomorrowLeaving Author:Martha Ronk
“You can get a sense of the wonderful power of framing by holding your fingers up in a kind of square, walking around the room and framing it differently - how that changes the nature of what you think the room is like.” ThinkingKindRoomsWonderfulWalkingFingersSquaresFraming Author:Martha Ronk
“Looking out a window from different vantage points changes what you see and therefore what you write.” WritingDifferentWindowVantage Point Author:Martha Ronk
“I'm in California, so I know people who are natives who tell me there's lots of weather here, but it's not the same as being in Vermont. Since I grew up on the East Coast I miss that weather all the time. You'd think I'd get used to not having it, but I don't.” PeopleThinkingKnowsUsedMissingGrewGrew UpEastWeatherCaliforniaCoastEast CoastVermont Author:Martha Ronk
“Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so limited to me.” WayWritingDifferentSeemsFallPayAttentionGroupsPoetPay AttentionDifferent Ways Author:Martha Ronk
“I want literature to open all the doors that I can't open by myself, and to allow me to see things that I wouldn't otherwise see.” WantI CanLiteratureDoors Author:Martha Ronk
“I try to attach myself to things around me so that they don't slip away.” TryingSlips Author:Martha Ronk
“I think those of us who use language are always trying for this, trying to keep everything from floating away by trying to write about it despite failure.” ThinkingWritingTryingUseLanguageDespiteFloatingAlways TryingFloating Away Author:Martha Ronk