Anne Stevenson's Quotes

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Looking back at it now, any objective account of my life is bound to read...

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function...

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

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried...

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.

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

I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and...

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function...

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

I have always made my own rules in poetry as in life - though I have tried...

I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas as it were.

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

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

I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and...

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

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