"Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it’s the home of the extraordinary, the only home."
― Philip Levine
Topic(s):
Poetry
More From Philip Levine
- "The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry."
- "My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs."
- "Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You’ll have that readership. Keep going until you know you’re doing work that’s worthy. And then see what happens. That’s my advice."
More In Poetry
- "Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language."― Steven Pinker
- "If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."― David Carradine
- "Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods – these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat."― Neal Barnard