Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It's written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour.
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Every poet I know - although there may be some I don't know who lead very different lives, who maybe live in the country and don't teach - tends to be just like the rest of us just really busy, really overcommitted.Sharon Olds
I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back.
Sharon Olds
I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type.
Sharon Olds
Everyone is so different. I sometimes wish I wrote in a different way. You know, that feeling of So-and-so writes slowly, if only I wrote slowly.
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I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think.
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Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.
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