I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound. Anne Stevenson Read Quote
I truly hate marketing promotions, and I don’t at all approve of encouraging wannabe poets to write bad poetry. Anne Stevenson Read Quote
I’ve cancelled all my subscriptions to poetry magazines. I prefer to read the ‘New Scientist.’ Anne Stevenson Read Quote
Looking back at it now, any objective account of my life is bound to read like a cross between ‘The Wife of Bath’s Tale’ and a travel brochure. Anne Stevenson Read Quote
Poets these days, like artists and composers, have won for themselves almost unlimited freedom. You can pass yourself off as a painter without being able to draw, as a composer without being conscious of key relationships, and as a poet without making yourself familiar with traditional verse forms. Anne Stevenson Read Quote
Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don’t ignore feelings and emotions. Anne Stevenson Read Quote
There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic. Anne Stevenson Read Quote
