There is all this stuff about how sensitive poets are and how in touch with feelings, etc. they are, but really all… — Matthew Zapruder Care Copy Share Image
Not that I play guitar anywhere near as well as she sings, but I think I have always had a tendency to… — Matthew Zapruder Emotion Copy Share Image
Milton on speed. I am going to need about a decade to think about that. That delay in syntax, the putting off… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
My own experience as a reader and writer has been that the more I read, and the more I live, the more… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
For me, form is something I locate in the process of writing the poems. What I mean is, I start scribbling, and… — Matthew Zapruder Computer Copy Share Image
I was thinking a little bit about this very thing - poetry and music - the other day when I was listening… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
Today is such a strange day. The news is out about the Russians and mini-Donald. This seems like a turning point, but… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
Mahmoud Darwish wrote that "extreme clarity is a mystery." That sounds right to me. I don't want anyone hunting for anything ancillary… — Matthew Zapruder Clarity Copy Share Image
I just know from experience that reading a funny poem aloud, especially at the beginning of a public reading, can have a… — Matthew Zapruder Being funny Copy Share Image
It is funny, and also a bit sad, that poets are so often asked to justify our vocation. There seems to be… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
[My poems] of course, it's symbolic, in the way that things in a poem can be - that is, pointing to something… — Matthew Zapruder Attention Copy Share Image
I personally believe the role of poets as poets (which is something different from our obligations as citizens, community members, humans) is… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
I've always been more than a little mystified by poets who seem to think talking to people as directly as possible is… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
![“[My poems] of course, it's symbolic, in the way that things in a poem can be - that is, pointing to something beyond its mere ordinary meaning, while also retaining all the qualities of that ordinary meaning. In other words, it's a bear, but it's also suggesting something else, just by virtue of…” quote by Matthew Zapruder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0c5/matthew-zapruder-12762_attention_my-poems-of-course-it-s-symbolic-in-the_995918.jpg)
