"One writes a poem when one is so……" — Stephen Dobyns
"One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent."
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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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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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He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take…
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