More From Rita Dove
- "I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry."
- "What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg’s importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!"
- "Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine."
More In Poetry
- "I really love to make movies."― Sean Penn
- "I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."― Socrates
- "It’s always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."― Carol Ann Duffy