All MATTHEA HARVEY Quotes about “Language”

“Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field.”
“Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field.”
“Poems tend to have instructions for how to read them embedded in their language.”
“Poems tend to have instructions for how to read them embedded in their language.”
“I don't think all poems need to be written in conversational language - those are often great poems but there should also be poems of incoherent bewilderment and muddled mystery.”
“I don't think all poems need to be written in conversational language - those are often great poems but there should also be poems of incoherent bewilderment and muddled mystery.”

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