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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.”

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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“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.”

Writing Moments Term Subjects Profound Treasure Profound Truth Small Moments Amplification

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

Might Found Doors Keys Veils

Book:The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Source: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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

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Author:Allison Joseph

“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?”

Knows World Way Writing I Can Hard Events Evidence Deny Reactions Urges Take Me Evident

Author:Allison Joseph

“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.”

Enough Feelings Bigs Young Cities Worry Written Poet Overcoming Towns Worthy Native Urges Immigrants Urban Small Town Suburbs Seductive Written Word Big Cities Swept Away

Author:Allison Joseph

“I lived a life I knew I had to hide My father's edicts resolutely grim.”

Author:Allison Joseph

“Only after my father's death could I speak my own individual truths about him. In a sense, I had to turn him into a character, a figure I could control through language.”

Character Turns Father Individual Speak Language My Own Figures

Author:Allison Joseph

“Part of elegy is confrontation - not just with the idea of death, but with the person who has died.”

Persons Ideas Died Confrontation Elegy

Author:Allison Joseph

“I write when I can. I have no set writing practices, or times, or methods. I write when I'm not doing other things - in the odd times when I'm traveling, or in hotels, or when I get time to be alone with my thoughts.”

Writing I Can Practice Method Odd Hotel My Thoughts

Author:Allison Joseph

“I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about figures like Borges, Akhmatova, Neruda, etc. I felt I needed a bigger lens to see poetry through. It really helps to see poetry as a world language, and not just something American.”

Knows World Helping Language Felt Figures Needed Bigger Contemporary Etc Lenses Borges American Poetry

Author:Allison Joseph