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> [“When people talk about poetry as a project, they suggest that the road through a poem is a single line. When really the road through a poem is a series of lines, like a constellation, all interconnected. Poems take place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lasky/when-people-talk-about-poetry-as-a-project-they-suggest-that-the-road/)

[Dorothea Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lasky/)

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## More by Dorothea Lasky

> [Beachy Head brims with electrical currents flying backwards and forwards, with the force of poems that have been well fought out and felt. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lasky/beachy-head-brims-with-electrical-currents-flying-backwards-and/)

[Dorothea Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lasky/)

> [“When people talk about poetry as a project, they suggest that the road through a poem is a single line. When really the road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lasky/when-people-talk-about-poetry-as-a-project-they-suggest-that-the-road/)

[Dorothea Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lasky/)

> [Real poetry is a party, a wild party, a party where anything might happen. A party from which you may never return home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lasky/real-poetry-is-a-party-a-wild-party-a-party-where-anything-might/)

[Dorothea Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lasky/)

> [“I reached deep in you and pulled out a cardinal which in bright red flew out the window. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lasky/i-reached-deep-in-you-and-pulled-out-a-cardinal-which-in-bright-red/)

[Dorothea Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lasky/)

> [Emily Kendal Frey's The Grief Performance is a book that condenses a journey of finding and re-finding loss into beautiful packages. The packages are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lasky/emily-kendal-frey-s-the-grief-performance-is-a-book-that-condenses-a/)

[Dorothea Lasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lasky/)

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