"Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to……" — Stephen Dobyns
"Adolescence is a dreadful period. We tend to notice those youngsters who misbehave and call attention to themselves, but there are others, equally miserable, who receive no help simply because they are silent. (41)"
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22 Quotes by Stephen Dobyns
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Most women are more into real estate than sex. They want to own you.
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One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain…
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For the past thirty years or so, much American poetry has been marked by an earnestness that rejects the comic.…
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I write poems to find out why I write them
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Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else.
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A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.
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Love doesn't need a reason. Hate needs a reason.
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I like it to be quiet, and it usually occurs in the morning. There are three or four places in…
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I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it…
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Many of my poems try to use a comic element to reach a place that isn't comic at all. The…
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My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even…
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Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the…
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