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> [So much of what I love about poetry lies in the vast possibilities of voice, the spectacular range of idiosyncratic flavors that can be embedded in a particular human voice reporting from the field. One beautiful axis of voice is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/so-much-of-what-i-love-about-poetry-lies-in-the-vast-possibilities-of/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

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## More by Tony Hoagland

> [“Until we say the truth, there can be no tenderness. As long as there is desire, we will not be safe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/until-we-say-the-truth-there-can-be-no-tenderness-as-long-as-there-is/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [“The future ours for a while to hold, with its heaviness— and hope moving from one location to another like the holy ghost that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/the-future-ours-for-a-while-to-hold-with-its-heaviness-and-hope/)

[tony hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [We would give anything for what we have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/we-would-give-anything-for-what-we-have/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [These poems possess intelligence, erudition, gravitas and urgency. Serious and moving in voice and ambition, this passionately lyrical and articulate work reminds me very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/these-poems-possess-intelligence-erudition-gravitas-and-urgency/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [“So the avenues we walk down, full of bodies wearing faces, are full of hidden talent: enough to make pianos moan, sidewalks split, streetlights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/so-the-avenues-we-walk-down-full-of-bodies-wearing-faces-are-full-of/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [There’s Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and there’s Feminism and Hedonism, and there’s Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/there-s-socialism-and-communism-and-capitalism-and-there-s-feminism/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [So much of what I love about poetry lies in the vast possibilities of voice, the spectacular range of idiosyncratic flavors that can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/so-much-of-what-i-love-about-poetry-lies-in-the-vast-possibilities-of/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [“There isn’t a word for walking out of the grocery store with a gallon jug of milk in a plastic sack that should have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/there-isn-t-a-word-for-walking-out-of-the-grocery-store-with-a-gallon/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [“the glory of the protagonist is always paid for by a lot of secondary characters”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/the-glory-of-the-protagonist-is-always-paid-for-by-a-lot-of-secondary/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [“Because if marriage is a kind of womb, divorce is the being born again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/because-if-marriage-is-a-kind-of-womb-divorce-is-the-being-born-again/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [“I know there are some people out there who think I am supposed to end up in a room by myself with a gun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/i-know-there-are-some-people-out-there-who-think-i-am-supposed-to-end/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [No matter how you feel you have to act like you are very popular with yourself; very relaxed and purposeful very unconfused and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/no-matter-how-you-feel-you-have-to-act-like-you-are-very-popular-with/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [And I am too knowledgeable now to hurt people imprecisely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/and-i-am-too-knowledgeable-now-to-hurt-people-imprecisely/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [“A poem is a heroic act of integration that binds into rough harmony the chorus of forces within and outside the soul. A poem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/a-poem-is-a-heroic-act-of-integration-that-binds-into-rough-harmony/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

> [The most prevalent poetic representation of contemporary experience is the mimesis of disorientation by non sequitor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-hoagland/the-most-prevalent-poetic-representation-of-contemporary-experience/)

[Tony Hoagland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-hoagland/)

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