Dorianne Laux quotes

That's how it is sometimes--God comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it. (Dorianne Laux)
Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they are cut, you're the one that bleeds. View quote
Dorianne Laux
Maybe it's what we don't say/that saves us. View quote
Dorianne Laux
Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's. View quote
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If trees could speak they wouldn't. View quote
Dorianne Laux