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Mark Strand Quotes

Mark Strand quotes

American Poet April 11, 1934

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From the shadow of domes in the city of domes, A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room. And made its way to the arm of the chair where you, looking up. From your book, saw it the moment it landed. That's all. There was to it. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "When I walk. I part the airand alwaysthe air moves into fill..."
When I walk. I part the airand alwaysthe air moves into fill the spaceswhere my body's been. Mark Strand
And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "We all have reasonsfor moving. I moveto keep things whole."
We all have reasonsfor moving. I moveto keep things whole. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the..."
Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of..."
I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "In a field. I am the absenceof field. This isalways the case...."
In a field. I am the absenceof field. This isalways the case. Wherever I am. I am what is missing. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about..."
Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep. Mark Strand
It came to my house. It sat on my shoulders. Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours. I have carried it with me too long. I give it back. Mark Strand
Mark Strand quote: "I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do..."
I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me. Mark Strand
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. Mark Strand
I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes. Mark Strand
The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions. Mark Strand
I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. Mark Strand
But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving. Mark Strand

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