Quotes by Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry

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Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so clos — Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry
We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to t — Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry
Poetry is an intimate act. It's about bringing forth something that's inside you--whether it is a memory, a philosophica — Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry
Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question. — Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry
Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone' — Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry
Writing and reading are the only ways to find your voice. It won't magically burst forth in your poems the next time you — Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry
You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you — Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry