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> [Maybe lurking in my unconscious was the idea that when someone's collected poems are published it means that the poet is dead. I found myself looking at my work as if I were at my own funeral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/maybe-lurking-in-my-unconscious-was-the-idea-that-when-someone-s/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

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## More by Ron Padgett

> [I've been working on a collection of prose vignettes about girls I've had crushes on, from the age of six to the age of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/i-ve-been-working-on-a-collection-of-prose-vignettes-about-girls-i-ve/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [I don't do much of anything consciously in writing - in poetry writing, anyway, prose usually being a different matter, of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/i-don-t-do-much-of-anything-consciously-in-writing-in-poetry-writing/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [Take care of things close to home first. Straighten up your room before you save the world. Then save the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/take-care-of-things-close-to-home-first-straighten-up-your-room/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [Almost everything that's happened in my poetry is what you might call organic. I don't do much preconceiving. The only consistent plan I've ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/almost-everything-that-s-happened-in-my-poetry-is-what-you-might-call/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [Collaborating with someone who doesn't understand your language nor you theirs stretches you open even wider, into a sort of very large free fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/collaborating-with-someone-who-doesn-t-understand-your-language-nor/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [Working with artists and other poets has made me aware that there was a bigger "me" that I hadn't been quite aware of. Plus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/working-with-artists-and-other-poets-has-made-me-aware-that-there-was/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [It seems more than likely that the translating of poetry is going to rub off on the translator if he or she is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/it-seems-more-than-likely-that-the-translating-of-poetry-is-going-to/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [It's fun to have a crush on somebody, even one that lasts only fifteen seconds. In New York I can go down the street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/it-s-fun-to-have-a-crush-on-somebody-even-one-that-lasts-only-fifteen/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [Not everyone is at the top of his or her game all the time - you can't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/not-everyone-is-at-the-top-of-his-or-her-game-all-the-time-you-can-t/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [Maybe lurking in my unconscious was the idea that when someone's collected poems are published it means that the poet is dead. I found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/maybe-lurking-in-my-unconscious-was-the-idea-that-when-someone-s/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [It is not easy writing someone a postcard. The size and shape of the card cut you down to size...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/it-is-not-easy-writing-someone-a-postcard-the-size-and-shape-of-the/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [So writing about love or having it infuse the poems that I'm writing has never been something I've set myself to do, except when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/so-writing-about-love-or-having-it-infuse-the-poems-that-i-m-writing/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [“This for That What will I have for breakfast? I wish I had some plums like the ones in Williams’s poem. He apologized to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/this-for-that-what-will-i-have-for-breakfast-i-wish-i-had-some-plums/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [Part of the pleasure of giving a reading comes from the rapport between the audience and the poet. I don't want to get mystical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/part-of-the-pleasure-of-giving-a-reading-comes-from-the-rapport/)

[Ron Padgett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-padgett/)

> [“When I wake up earlier than you and you are turned to face me, face on the pillow and hair spread around, I take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-padgett/when-i-wake-up-earlier-than-you-and-you-are-turned-to-face-me-face-on/)

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