Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. — Anne Stevenson Emotion Copy Share Image
I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more… — Anne Stevenson Believe Copy Share Image
I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to… — Anne Stevenson Meditation Copy Share Image
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage… — Anne Stevenson Book Copy Share Image
Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 -… — Anne Stevenson Committed Copy Share Image
Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly. — Anne Stevenson Bears Copy Share Image
Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as… — Anne Stevenson Blake Copy Share Image
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. — Anne Stevenson Defined Copy Share Image
I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since. — Anne Stevenson Britain Copy Share Image
You've got criminal courts and child welfare officials refusing to do their jobs and protect children so they can shift the cases… — Anne Stevenson Atrocities Copy Share Image
There comes a time when you have to trust your own judgment, when you must close your eyes and let your instinct… — Anne Stevenson Close your eyes Copy Share Image
Mind led body to the edge of the precipice. They stared in desire at the naked abyss. If you love me, said… — Anne Stevenson Abyss Copy Share Image
I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is… — Anne Stevenson Art Copy Share Image
I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas. — Anne Stevenson Form Copy Share Image
I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I… — Anne Stevenson Ears Copy Share Image
You sleep with a dream of summer weather, wake to the thrum of rain—roped down by rain. Nothing out there but drop-heavy… — Anne Stevenson Air Copy Share Image
I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I… — Anne Stevenson Complicated Copy Share Image
democracy is dying. We are ruled by faceless bureaucrats and lecherous puritans. ... You think about it. 'All right for me but… — Anne Stevenson Bureaucrats Copy Share Image
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry. — Anne Stevenson Criticism Copy Share Image
I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. — Anne Stevenson Austen Copy Share Image
Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in… — Anne Stevenson America Copy Share Image
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand… — Anne Stevenson Aids Copy Share Image
