The poet resists the pressures of reality, including the pressures of violence, in making, in forming, the poem. The tension is in… — Lawrence Joseph Poet Copy Share Image
“Every lawyer shall tell his or her client that becoming involved with the legal system is like three years of experimental chemotherapy,… — Lawrence Joseph Chemotherapy Copy Share Image
My sense of the poet is classical - the poet is one who makes poems. In each book, I develop and repeat… — Lawrence Joseph Book Copy Share Image
The poet casts an eye on what is horrendous, but his truest life is in what sustains, restores, heals. Love, the act… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
“Every once in a while I don't think it's a bad idea for lawyers to remember that what goes on, at least… — Lawrence Joseph Bad idea Copy Share Image
Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning… — Lawrence Joseph Aesthetic Copy Share Image
External realities - worlds of politics, economics, law, war, interpersonal and social relations - are part of prose fiction. Fiction also includes… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
Do I address issues of the spirit, of the soul, in my work? Yes, definitely. As for being a Catholic poet, I… — Lawrence Joseph Catholic Copy Share Image
I've always believed that poetry must speak of realities as least as complicated as those spoken of in prose. I've read books… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations,… — Lawrence Joseph Capital punishment Copy Share Image
