Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Great Regulars: I try to figure out what it needs

and give that to it.

Writing, I think, is THE most forceful act of hope in destruction. We write to destroy and clear-cut. A good poem is the softest hurricane. We're all up in our tiny rooms, hoping the gods will blow the roof off, are we not?

from B.T. Shaw: The Oregonian: Emily Kendal Frey interview: Dreams, images pour into poems

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