Quote Fruit: Mark Leidner

In an interview with Alex Phillips:

"Sound and rhythm, ... those were like waves I wanted to surf, and in order to surf them you have to think about something else"

Quote Fruit

(Pulled from the vine of John Gallaher's blog (which is great))

I like an authoritative gasp of the absurd. I don’t want to be a sad little adorable poet in a big confusing world. I want my poems to be the big confusing world.

What is a Poem?

"A poem is itself first, then something afterwards. An essay is always first about something." - W. S. Merwin

From The Art Of Poetry: A Conversation With W.S. Merwin