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I never had much education in English poetry as such.

Anne Carson

The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.
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Behind Desire Edge Effort Form Leaving
A man moves through time. It means nothing except that, like a harpoon, once thrown he will arrive.
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Arrival Man Move Time Willing
Under the seams runs the pain.
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Anand Thakur
You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.
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Anand Thakur
Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that had loved his previous best-seller.
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Anand Thakur
Here we go mother on the shipless ocean. Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.
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Anand Thakur
To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.
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Anand Thakur
Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.
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Power Word Yourself
I never really got over the fun of making letters.
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Anand Thakur
Poetry – poiesis means a thing made.
ANNE CARSON

Creation Poetry
We participate in the creation of the world by decreating ourselves.
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Anand Thakur
Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary.
ANNE CARSON

Journey Necessary Time
It is easier to tell a story of how people wound one another than of what binds them together.
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Anand Thakur
A page with a poem on it is less attractive than a page with a poem on it and some tea stains.
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Anand Thakur
No need to fear death. There will be a tunnel and light.
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Anand Thakur
They were two superior eels at the bottom of the tank and they recognized each other like italics.
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Anand Thakur

I never had much education in English poetry as such.

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