Diane Lockward

The Practicing Poet

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  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    And most of our curses are Anglo-Saxon.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Most Anglo-Saxon words have disappeared. Today we use only about 500 Anglo-Saxon words.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    nobility, who spoke French,
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    No sooner is a revision of the Oxford English Dictionary finished, but another one begins.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    When asked what Lolita was about, Vladimir Nabokov said, My love affair with the English language.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    What kind of language do you use in your poems?

    English
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Are you a free verse poet or one who experiments with form? All of these choices work together to make up the voice in your poems
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Are you a funny poet or one who is utterly serious?
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    And syntax—are your sentences long and digressive or short and crisp?
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    What kinds of images do you use
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