“Wherever it left us, we were barely learning to live with it when here came Flannery O'Connor and Hank Williams to tell us that no one has ever been loved the way everybody wants to be loved, and that's hard.… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
“Wherever it left us, we were barely learning to live with it when here came Flannery O'Connor and Hank Williams to tell us that… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
I don't like poetry that doesn't give me a sense of ritual, but I don't like poetry that doesn't sound like people talking to… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories. — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
A thing may fail as a poem because it tries to do what a poem cannot do: it tries to become a treatise on… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
“Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
Jazz is very important. It's not something I can put my finger on. When I'm writing at my favorite time, I like to have… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
“He lives all alone now, in the home they bought, and finally seems to be managing, more or less. Not the way he was,… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
I put myself in a spiritual and physical place where I've learned from experience the synapses are likely to fire and the juices are… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
For something to be useful to the spirit is not very valuable to get your covered wagon across the desert. We have adopted that… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
I like to think that the best poetry is or involves a contest between ordinary conversation and ritual. — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you,… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
