MO Quote 2: The Conversation
By mcwhittemore
“Poetry is a river; many voices travel in it; poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context; almost everything, in the end, passes. But the desire to make a poem, and the world’s willingness to receive it—indeed the world’s need of it—these never pass.”
-Marry Oliver
[p. 9 of A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide To Understanding And Writing Poetry, New York: Harcourt, Inc., 1994]
Two of the poets here are currently reading through "A Poetry Handbook" by Marry Oliver. So over the next while HPP will be posting quotes that inspire or force one to think. Please tell us how each quote makes you feel.
