Poetry Is A Dumb Buddha Who Thinks

Write What Disturbs You, What You Fear, What You Have Not Been Willing To Speak About. Be Willing To Be Split Open.

Sometimes When You Think You Are Done, It Is Just The Edge Of Beginning. Probably That's Why We Decide We're Done. It's Getting Too Scary. We Are Touching Down Onto Something Real. It Is Beyond The Point When You Think You Are Done That Often Something Strong Comes Out.

When You Write What You Know, You Stay In Control. One Of The First Things I Encourage My Writing Students To Do Is To Lose Control - Say What They Want To Say, Break Structure.

The Positive Thing About Writing Is That You Connect With Yourself In The Deepest Way. You Get A Chance To Know Who You Are, To Know What You Think. You Begin To Have A Relationship With Your Mind.

We Walk Through So Many Myths Of Each Other And Ourselves; We Are So Thankful When Someone Sees Us For Who We Are And Accepts Us.