--- title: "1 Poetry Attention Quotes By Li-Young Lee" description: "1 Poetry Attention quotes by Li-Young Lee. Plus more from Li-Young Lee and more Poetry Attention sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/li-young-lee-17263_attention_in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention_2251430.jpg" --- > [In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention-is-focused-on-some-inner/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/li-young-lee-17263_attention_in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention_2251430.jpg) ## More by Li-Young Lee > [Memory revises me. Even now a letter comes from a place I don’t know, from someone with my name and postmarked years ago, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/memory-revises-me-even-now-a-letter-comes-from-a-place-i-don-t-know/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [Could it be in longing we are most ourselves?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/could-it-be-in-longing-we-are-most-ourselves/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [Our bodies look solid, but they arent. Were like a fountain. A fountain of water looks solid, but you can put your fingers right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/our-bodies-look-solid-but-they-arent-were-like-a-fountain-a-fountain/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [A poem is like a score for the human voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/a-poem-is-like-a-score-for-the-human-voice/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [I've been thinking about something for a long time, and I keep noticing that most human speech-if not all human speech-is made with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/i-ve-been-thinking-about-something-for-a-long-time-and-i-keep/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [“From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at the bend in the road where we turned toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/from-blossoms-comes-this-brown-paper-bag-of-peaches-we-bought-from/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [“Moonlight and high wind. Dark poplars toss, insinuate the sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/moonlight-and-high-wind-dark-poplars-toss-insinuate-the-sea/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [“But, no one can tell without cease our human story, and so we lose, lose”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/but-no-one-can-tell-without-cease-our-human-story-and-so-we-lose-lose/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [“The moon from any window is one part whoever’s looking. The part I can’t see is everything my sister keeps to herself. One part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/the-moon-from-any-window-is-one-part-whoever-s-looking-the-part-i-can/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [Poetry is the language of extremity. Poetry is a transfer of potency. You feel something potent and then you transfer it onto the page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/poetry-is-the-language-of-extremity-poetry-is-a-transfer-of-potency/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [We suffer each other to have each other a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/we-suffer-each-other-to-have-each-other-a-while/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [Maybe being winged means being wounded by infinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/maybe-being-winged-means-being-wounded-by-infinity/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [“In the uproar, the confusion of accents and inflections how will you hear me when I open my mouth? Look for me, one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/in-the-uproar-the-confusion-of-accents-and-inflections-how-will-you/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [Brimming. That's what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/brimming-that-s-what-it-is-i-want-to-get-to-a-place-where-my/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) > [There are days we live as if death were nowhere in the background; from joy to joy to joy, from wing to wing, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/there-are-days-we-live-as-if-death-were-nowhere-in-the-background/) [Li-Young Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-young-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-attention/li-young-lee/#itemlist", "name": "1 Poetry Attention Quotes By Li-Young Lee", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Li-Young Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-young-lee/in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention-is-focused-on-some-inner/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/li-young-lee-17263_attention_in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention_2251430.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/li-young-lee-17263_attention_in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention_2251430.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/li-young-lee-17263_attention_in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention_2251430.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.” — Li-Young Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-attention/li-young-lee/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-attention/li-young-lee/", "name": "Poetry Attention Quotes by Li-Young Lee", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-attention/li-young-lee/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/li-young-lee-17263_attention_in-writing-poetry-all-of-one-s-attention_2251430.jpg" }, "description": "1 Poetry Attention quotes by Li-Young Lee. 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