We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little.
– Anne Lamott
Tag: one
Quotable 469
One of the first things I tell my classes is, “If you want to write, keep a low overhead.”
– Grace Paley
haiku 557
cat-sitting –
one cat no longer
falls for treat trick
haiku 545
sunny day
not a cloud in the…
wait, there’s one
haiku 535
one, two
threefourfive kits
then the mother raccoon
haiku 527
first time back
only one masked
at the meeting
Quotable 408
People are always coming up with new theories of the novel, but the main one is: Hold My Attention.
– Margaret Atwood
Quotable 380
One of the jobs of poetry is to make the unbearable bearable by clear, precise confrontation.
– Richard Wilbur