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> [I tend to like the way poets form communities. Writing can be lonely after all. Modern life can be lonely. Poets do seem to be more social than fiction writers. This could be because of poetry's roots in the oral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/i-tend-to-like-the-way-poets-form-communities-writing-can-be-lonely/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

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## More by Rae Armantrout

> [I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/i-am-attracted-to-looking-at-the-different-things-language-can-mean/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [“this route is only one of several imaginary paths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/this-route-is-only-one-of-several-imaginary-paths/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [“To reinvent anomalous figments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/to-reinvent-anomalous-figments/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [I know you by your willingness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/i-know-you-by-your-willingness/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [People probably long for something genuinely personal in a society where the personal is often indistinguishable from the "personalized." Maybe the poetry audience member…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/people-probably-long-for-something-genuinely-personal-in-a-society/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [“The jacaranda, for instance, is beautiful but not serious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/the-jacaranda-for-instance-is-beautiful-but-not-serious/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [Like most of my poems, 'Lie' has several sources: I read a very troubling book called The Sixth Extinction. I took note of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/like-most-of-my-poems-lie-has-several-sources-i-read-a-very-troubling/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [Poets tend to form loose groups - the "Romantics" or the "Imagists". And sometimes they write manifestoes in the name of these groups. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/poets-tend-to-form-loose-groups-the-romantics-or-the-imagists-and/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [“Evening succeeds evening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/evening-succeeds-evening/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [The ghosts swarm. They speak as one person. Each has left something undone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/the-ghosts-swarm-they-speak-as-one-person-each-has-left-something/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [Metaphor is ritual sacrifice. It kills the look-alike. No, metaphor is homeopathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/metaphor-is-ritual-sacrifice-it-kills-the-look-alike-no-metaphor-is/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [Carried by light, images remain while sensation is so evanescent as to be always beyond belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/carried-by-light-images-remain-while-sensation-is-so-evanescent-as-to/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [“The feeling of emptiness is a pre-existing condition. Jargon forces intimacy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/the-feeling-of-emptiness-is-a-pre-existing-condition-jargon-forces/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [Like all my poems, 'Negotiations' has several sources. It deals with aging lovers and the often silent deals they make. Thinking about bargains made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/like-all-my-poems-negotiations-has-several-sources-it-deals-with/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

> [clarity need not be equivalent to / readability. How readable is the world?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-armantrout/clarity-need-not-be-equivalent-to-readability-how-readable-is-the/)

[Rae Armantrout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-armantrout/)

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