"Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don’t ignore feelings and emotions." ― Anne Stevenson Topic(s): Hope More From Anne Stevenson "I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life – though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless." "A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings – about human feelings and frailties." "I’m not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word’s meaning, or multiple meanings." More In Hope "Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow."― Susanna Moodie "I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can."― Chloe Moretz "I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us."― Howard Mumford Jones