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> [A lot of people are writing poems and don't realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound or what subjects it should address.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/a-lot-of-people-are-writing-poems-and-don-t-realize-it-they-have-this/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

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## More by Matthea Harvey

> [I don't think that you can say by any stretch of the imagination that all Wisconsin or Brooklyn-based poets write in a particular way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/i-don-t-think-that-you-can-say-by-any-stretch-of-the-imagination-that/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [Not everyone is going to like every carnival ride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/not-everyone-is-going-to-like-every-carnival-ride/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [I think poetry involves heightened noticing or imagining as well as creating a certain made shape. On the other hand, that shape can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/i-think-poetry-involves-heightened-noticing-or-imagining-as-well-as/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [When I get interested in a new topic I teach a class on it. There's a graduate seminar I teach in which the students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/when-i-get-interested-in-a-new-topic-i-teach-a-class-on-it-there-s-a/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> ["Confessional poetry" is another one of those labels. It goes in and out of fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/confessional-poetry-is-another-one-of-those-labels-it-goes-in-and-out/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [I don't think all poems need to be written in conversational language - those are often great poems but there should also be poems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/i-don-t-think-all-poems-need-to-be-written-in-conversational-language/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [I let my narrative embroidering impulses take over in prose poems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/i-let-my-narrative-embroidering-impulses-take-over-in-prose-poems/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [When I have my students do erasures, I'm always amazed by the way their voice comes through, whether they're doing an erasure of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/when-i-have-my-students-do-erasures-i-m-always-amazed-by-the-way/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [Whether you're talking about political borders or aesthetic divisions (and clearly, the political ones have much more tragic consequences), it seems like once they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/whether-you-re-talking-about-political-borders-or-aesthetic-divisions/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/usually-form-seems-to-find-me-in-the-process-of-writing-a-poem-though/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [I'm pretty lenient with myself about time - if I feel like taking photographs of small things inside ice cubes or making animal collages,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/i-m-pretty-lenient-with-myself-about-time-if-i-feel-like-taking/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [Recently, while I was in England, I saw a documentary on the BBC about the border between India and Pakistan at Wagah. When the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/recently-while-i-was-in-england-i-saw-a-documentary-on-the-bbc-about/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [A lot of people are writing poems and don't realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/a-lot-of-people-are-writing-poems-and-don-t-realize-it-they-have-this/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [I am pretty interested in hybrid forms. I love graphic novels and I think there should be more graphic poems in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/i-am-pretty-interested-in-hybrid-forms-i-love-graphic-novels-and-i/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

> [I suppose it's useful in designating writing that tends to come from personal experience, work that delineates an "I," but it's a loose lasso,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthea-harvey/i-suppose-it-s-useful-in-designating-writing-that-tends-to-come-from/)

[Matthea Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthea-harvey/)

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