If I can quote myself, I explained whatever it is I'm doing once for No Tell Motel, and I still think it's the clearest I've ever been about this: "I don't write free verse poems - mostly because I can't.… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I like having a phrase lying around to get poems started. It's like having a key. — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I think that the moment we're living in offers the best opportunity we've had in a long time in that a lot of things… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I believe rhythmic sensibility is always a product and extension of language, defined broadly, among other things. But it is an immediate product and… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something I think… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I actually can't listen to music and write poetry at the same time, but I do kind of think about the music I've been… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
There's no such thing as an animal too big too kill, AND we're cornered by such animals every day. — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I don't know that I find either aspect of Jesus more interesting than the other, although maybe I think about the God one more. — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I definitely notice the absence of character in most poetry, which is not so say that I'm an innovator in that regard. Character-based poems… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make. — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I do believe in Jesus as wholly God and wholly human, and I believe the human part was human. — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I was just thinking about how my grandparents, who raised me, would be considered "white trash," whatever that means - mostly for being racists,… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I'm always glad that other people are way smarter about my poems than I am. — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I think that the casual reader and the lyric and confession are trickily tied up together. I mean often when I read my students'… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
I do try to incorporate particular rhythmic and generally sonic motifs I discover in music as such, and if one thinks of language in… — Shane McCrae Copy Share
