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> [Poetry is like walking along a little, tiny, narrow ridge up on a precipice. You never know the next step, whether there's going to be a plunge. I think poetry is dangerous. There's nothing mild and predictable about poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-jacobsen/poetry-is-like-walking-along-a-little-tiny-narrow-ridge-up-on-a/)

Josephine Jacobsen

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## More by Josephine Jacobsen

> [Poetry is like walking along a little, tiny, narrow ridge up on a precipice. You never know the next step, whether there's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-jacobsen/poetry-is-like-walking-along-a-little-tiny-narrow-ridge-up-on-a/)

Josephine Jacobsen

> [“I love the process of being taken from where I am to somewhere else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-jacobsen/i-love-the-process-of-being-taken-from-where-i-am-to-somewhere-else/)

Josephine Jacobsen

> [“And the illiterate body says hush, in love, says hush; says, whatever word can serve, it is not here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-jacobsen/and-the-illiterate-body-says-hush-in-love-says-hush-says-whatever/)

Josephine Jacobsen

> [I work better the more I am confined and the less I am distracted. My ultimate place would be a closet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-jacobsen/i-work-better-the-more-i-am-confined-and-the-less-i-am-distracted-my/)

Josephine Jacobsen

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