Quotes about Anne Stevenson

I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors...

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Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.

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Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but...

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A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore...

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When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.

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There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I...

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Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she...

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Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

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Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North...

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My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them...

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I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground...

#Anne Stevenson