Juan Felipe Herrera quotes
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“A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem.”
-- Juan Felipe HerreraSource : "New Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Sings Out". Interview with Brendan Francis Newnam, www.dinnerpartydownload.org. July 3, 2015.
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“Before you go further, let me tell you what a poem brings, first, you must know the secret, there is no poem to speak of, it is a way to attain a life without boundaries.”
-- Juan Felipe HerreraSource : Juan Felipe Herrera (2008). “Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems”, p.301, University of Arizona Press
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“We can understand poetry from a billion - in a billion styles, experiment, tradition, combination, spice, meter, image. It's all there for the poet and for the listener and for all of us.”
-- Juan Felipe HerreraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem.”
Source : "New Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera Sings Out". Interview with Brendan Francis Newnam, www.dinnerpartydownload.org. July 3, 2015.
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“Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.”
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Source : Source: bigthink.com
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