Quotes by Ackerman, Diane

There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecti >>

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just li >>

We live on the leash of our senses. >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand >>

The job of the poet is to render the world -- to see it and report it >>

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body an >>

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

Ackerman, Diane