The more that accrues, the more depth, weight, and breadth we can bring to the poems, which we then need to throw… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
W.S Merwin says "after three days of rain" and I write "After Twelve Days of Rain." I like his quietude. I admire… — Dorianne Laux Ability Copy Share Image
I feel deep gratitude for the life poetry has allowed me to live. I know the life I could have lived without… — Dorianne Laux Deep gratitude Copy Share Image
Joseph [Millar] is much more disciplined than I am. He's up every morning meditating, then he writes, and he reads throughout the… — Dorianne Laux Book Copy Share Image
“You've traveled this far on the back of every mistake, ridden in dark-eyed and morose but calm as a house after the… — Dorianne Laux Failure Copy Share Image
We're all writing out of a wound, and that's where our song comes from. The wound is singing. We're singing back to… — Dorianne Laux Singing Copy Share Image
I am the flesh boat of my experiences, we all are , my feelings, thoughts, desires and dreams are captured in my… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
And I saw it didn't matter who had loved me or who I loved. I was alone. The black oily asphalt, the… — Dorianne Laux After death Copy Share Image
We all get habituated, right? You get up in the morning, have your coffee, and read your newspaper, and that’s great. Everybody… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Someone spoke to me last night,/ told me the truth. Just a few words,. but I recognized it./ I knew I should… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Death comes to me again, a girl in a cotton slip, barefoot, giggling. It’s not so terrible she tells me, not like… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
I don’t worry anymore about writing. There are times that I go through dry periods. I never go through a block. I’m… — Dorianne Laux Art Copy Share Image
I think what life experience has brought to my poems is compassion. When you work hard to make a living, raise a… — Dorianne Laux Children Copy Share Image
There is so much about the process of writing that is mysterious to me, but this one thing I've found to be… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
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