"The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight."

Hope, Being, Draft, First

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"The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight."

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"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."

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"No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?"

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"We are comfortable with the fact that we cannot know personally what happened in the world before we were born, yet we are uncomfortable with the notion that we will stop engaging with time at some point in the future."

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"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken."

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"The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality."

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"Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems."

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"Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses."

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"Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools."

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"Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

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"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

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"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

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"Not without hope we suffer and we mourn."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

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"Hope is a waking dream."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

Martin Luther, German Leader

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"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

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"If you are going through hell, keep going."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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