“Our only KISS was
like an accident – a beautiful gasoline rainbow.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely
Bones
“The test of a desirable poem is
not that one wants to MARRY it
immediately but that one wants to meet it again – soon.”
Kevan Johnson, Poetry Review,
Autumn 1993
“I try to AVOID looking backward and keep looking
upward.”
Charlotte
Bronte
4 comments:
I'm in awe at the poetry used by Sebold in that line. I really must check out that book.
Ash
Excellent use of the theme.
3 fantastic quotes.
I was in a minimal mood and felt it said much more than if I forced writing onto the page.
Ash: You'll have to let me know how you get on with novel. I struggled and fought my way through it - there were a few nuggets (like the one above) which made go 'wow', but on the whole I found it to be a difficult book to fall into.
Falling into books - reading for clumsy people. Would you rather climb into a book, fall into it or be pushed into it?
I agree with the 'marry' quote. You don't necessarily want to go and buy everything by that poet but you do make a mental note to check out their FB profile, maybe hang out where they hang out :)
Thanks Lara.
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