--- title: "1 Vagina Ugly Quotes By Joan Larkin" description: "1 Vagina Ugly quotes by Joan Larkin. Plus more from Joan Larkin and more Vagina Ugly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/joan-larkin-26192_poetry_is-vagina-suitable-for-use-in-a-sonnet-i_2227818.jpg" --- > [“Is ‘vagina’ suitable for use in a sonnet? I don’t suppose so. A famous poet told me, ‘Vagina’s ugly.’ Meaning, of course, the sound of it. In poems. Meanwhile he inserts his penis frequently into his verse, calling it seriously,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/is-vagina-suitable-for-use-in-a-sonnet-i-don-t-suppose-so-a-famous/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/joan-larkin-26192_poetry_is-vagina-suitable-for-use-in-a-sonnet-i_2227818.jpg) ## More by Joan Larkin > [Keep growing. Stay awake. Beware of gurus. Keep a low overhead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/keep-growing-stay-awake-beware-of-gurus-keep-a-low-overhead/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Spanish and English have such different music, and in my own poetry I feel much less drawn to fluid sounds than I do toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/spanish-and-english-have-such-different-music-and-in-my-own-poetry-i/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/people-need-what-they-think-of-as-a-poem-to-be-read-at-their-bar/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I'm trying to stay open to the idea that the Internet is not the evil foe of publishing but the handmaiden that will turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-m-trying-to-stay-open-to-the-idea-that-the-internet-is-not-the-evil/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [It takes courage to get clear about what your vision of the work is and to be persistent about it and pursue it, whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/it-takes-courage-to-get-clear-about-what-your-vision-of-the-work-is/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Teaching has given me a community that cares about poetry, and I'm grateful for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/teaching-has-given-me-a-community-that-cares-about-poetry-and-i-m/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I think translation is an impossible job, and I admire the people who do it in a way that brings poetry to us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-think-translation-is-an-impossible-job-and-i-admire-the-people-who/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can't imagine trying to translate something without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/rhythms-and-sounds-are-often-the-first-thing-i-hear-and-want-in-a/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [Poetry is a tree with very deep roots and while there may be excitement about this or that new little branch, you're not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/poetry-is-a-tree-with-very-deep-roots-and-while-there-may-be/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I love that people want to know about poetry. It's one of the ways of keeping alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-love-that-people-want-to-know-about-poetry-it-s-one-of-the-ways-of/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [People want poetry and need it - we need what's not honored by the corporate mentality that has taken over. It gives people a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/people-want-poetry-and-need-it-we-need-what-s-not-honored-by-the/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [After I started publishing poetry I got to teach creative writing. Eventually I was promoted and even got tenure. But then I felt compelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/after-i-started-publishing-poetry-i-got-to-teach-creative-writing/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/from-the-beginning-i-was-a-poem-writing-child-i-wrote-little-novels/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [I'm much more capable of cutting back than of expanding. I've gotten very surgical about poems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/i-m-much-more-capable-of-cutting-back-than-of-expanding-i-ve-gotten/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) > [“Is ‘vagina’ suitable for use in a sonnet? I don’t suppose so. A famous poet told me, ‘Vagina’s ugly.’ Meaning, of course, the sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-larkin/is-vagina-suitable-for-use-in-a-sonnet-i-don-t-suppose-so-a-famous/) [Joan Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-larkin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/vagina-ugly/joan-larkin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Vagina Ugly Quotes By Joan Larkin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Is ‘vagina’ suitable for use in a sonnet? I don’t suppose so. A famous poet told me, ‘Vagina’s ugly.’ Meaning, of course, the sound of it. In poems. Meanwhile he inserts his penis frequently into his verse, calling it seriously, ‘My Penis’. It is short, I know, and dignified. I mean of course the sound of it. 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