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
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Maybe it's what we don't say/that saves us. View quote
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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

Dorianne Laux

Occupation: Poet
Quotes count: 5

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