"A poem can have an impact, but you can’t expect an audience to understand all the nuances." ― Douglas Dunn Topic(s): Poetry More In Poetry "Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation."― Wislawa Szymborska "When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic."― Lance Burton "Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere."― James Martineau