I've never thought of my poems as violent. Violence, to me, has so much negativity attached to it - maybe that's my trouble with the word. But ferocious - indeed, I'll take it. And yes, poetry does need a bit… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
I found it incredibly challenging to write clear prose that had the dynamism that I wanted. — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
Poetry needs to be alive, unabashedly, and, for me, that entails seeing its complexity, the grit and grimness and jubilance and beauty. — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
I think of my best poems as vessels that I can or hope to fill with everything I have. I try to give to… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
The world comes to us in fragments and shards. Whatever stories we shape from our days, we're always dealing with gaps, blank-spots, and blackouts… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
Well, we're all going to die, so mortality is a part of writing and life. — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
I see the relationship sincerity/humor differently. Instead of seeing a balance between them, I see them more inextricably linked, as if one is the… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
My poems and prose are not often in direct conversation with each other, but there's so much crossover - everything that comes out of… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
The more prose I wrote, the more the pendulum swung back toward the middle, merging some poetic sensibilities with the more fundamental elements of… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
I think of my best poems as vessels that I can or hope to fill with everything I have. — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
Poetry does need a bit of ferocity. The only way to attend to the fractured world is to write a ferocious kind of music,… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
I've never thought of my poems as violent. Violence, to me, has so much negativity attached to it - maybe that's my trouble with… — Alex Lemon Copy Share Image
