Writing Can Teach Us The Dignity Of

I Write Because I Am Alone And Move Through The World Alone. No One Will Know What Has Passed Through Me... I Write Because There Are Stories That People Have Forgotten To Tell, Because I Am A Woman Trying To Stand Up In My Life... I Write Out Of Hurt And How To Make Hurt Okay; How To Make Myself Strong And Come Home, And It May Be The Only Real Home I'll Ever Have.

Poems Are Taught As Though The Poet Has Put A Secret Key In His Words And It Is The Reader's Job To Find It. Poems Are Not Mystery Novels.

Great Lovers Realize That They Are What They Are In Love With.

Poetry Has Never Been A Favorite American Pastime.

The Correctness And Quality Of What You Write Do Not Matter; The Act Of Writing Does.