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> [My sense of the poet is classical - the poet is one who makes poems. In each book, I develop and repeat certain general themes - time, place, memory, God, history, class, race, beauty, love, poetry, identity. The core identity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/my-sense-of-the-poet-is-classical-the-poet-is-one-who-makes-poems-in/)

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## More by Lawrence Joseph

> [The poet casts an eye on what is horrendous, but his truest life is in what sustains, restores, heals. Love, the act of loving,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/the-poet-casts-an-eye-on-what-is-horrendous-but-his-truest-life-is-in/)

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> [“Every once in a while I don't think it's a bad idea for lawyers to remember that what goes on, at least on some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/every-once-in-a-while-i-don-t-think-it-s-a-bad-idea-for-lawyers-to/)

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> [Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning identified himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/is-there-an-aesthetic-fit-in-my-work-between-god-and-the-world-the-i/)

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> [External realities - worlds of politics, economics, law, war, interpersonal and social relations - are part of prose fiction. Fiction also includes the realities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/external-realities-worlds-of-politics-economics-law-war-interpersonal/)

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> [I've always believed that poetry must speak of realities as least as complicated as those spoken of in prose. I've read books of poems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/i-ve-always-believed-that-poetry-must-speak-of-realities-as-least-as/)

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> [The poet resists the pressures of reality, including the pressures of violence, in making, in forming, the poem. The tension is in the resistance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/the-poet-resists-the-pressures-of-reality-including-the-pressures-of/)

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> [Do I address issues of the spirit, of the soul, in my work? Yes, definitely. As for being a Catholic poet, I was born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/do-i-address-issues-of-the-spirit-of-the-soul-in-my-work-yes/)

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> [My sense of the poet is classical - the poet is one who makes poems. In each book, I develop and repeat certain general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/my-sense-of-the-poet-is-classical-the-poet-is-one-who-makes-poems-in/)

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> [The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations, language. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/the-violence-inherent-in-our-systems-and-structures-of-power-is-a/)

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> [“Every lawyer shall tell his or her client that becoming involved with the legal system is like three years of experimental chemotherapy, one hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-joseph/every-lawyer-shall-tell-his-or-her-client-that-becoming-involved-with/)

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