
10 Great Quotes About Poets, Poetry, and Writing By Galway Kinnell

Published by Paul Szlosek
Paul Szlosek was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, but currently resides in the nearby metropolis of Worcester. He was co-founder and host of the long-running Poet’s Parlor poetry reading in Southbridge and Sturbridge, as well as a past recipient of the Jacob Knight Award for Poetry. His poems have appeared in various local publications including the Worcester Review, Worcester Magazine, Sahara, Concrete Wolf, and Diner. He’s probably best known in the Worcester poetry community for his fanatical obsession with obscure poetry forms, and has invented his own including the ziggurat, the streetbeatina, and (most recently) the hodgenelle. View all posts by Paul Szlosek
Excellent quotes. Just went to his biography at Poetry Foundation and will be reading him. My kind of poet! Thanks for the introduction, Paul.
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You are very welcome, and thank you! It’s such a pleasure and an honor to be able to introduce you to one of my favorite poets…
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I went to hoopla (digital svc of the library) and borrowed his collection from 2017 and am reading from the 1960 section right now. He got me to tears in a real hurry.
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“… an interest in words.”
Got it in one.
The little buggers fascinate me.
That’s it.
Thanks for this, Paul.
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Excellent quotes from Galway Kinnell! He came up in a revision workshop I was in last night.
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Amen to it all…
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Oh, how I love this series, Paul! You have highlighted another wonderful artist and changed my world with their words.
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Great Paul I especially love – “Prose is walking; poetry is flying” 🙂
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Great Quotes! I really like this one… “Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what’s to come.”
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
YOWZA-!
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