A Poet Reflects

“It takes patience and when you find the well, or when the well finds you—and sometimes that’s the case—it can be very frightening because the well pulls you down into yourself in a way that threatens your ability to communicate.”

—Rita Dove

            “Poetry is the purest of the language arts.  It’s the tightest cage … And if you can

             get it to sing in that cage, it’s really wonderful.”  —Rita Dove in Poetry Flash