But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our tedious song should here have ending.
If you, Like me, Were made of fur, And sun warmed you, Like me, You'd purr.
If there would be a recipe for a poem, these would be the ingredients: word sounds, rhythm, description, feeling, memory, rhyme, and imagination. They can be put together a thousand different ways, a thousand, thousand. . . more.
The hardest thing in the world is being a critic of your own work. For me time has always been the best critic. If I can put something away and then come back, it's like taking a painting you're working on, turning it upside down, squinting at it, or walking away to get a new view. Time helps you know whether it's worth saving or whether it should be dumped.
Everybody in Washington wants one of these jobs studies this book. It`s called the Plum Book because the people in Washington turn the pages looking for the plum that they want, the job that they want.
It's not selfish to give TO yourself as much as you give OF yourself
In high school my mother advised me to make my last lines into titles. It was very good advice.
Coaching is preparation.