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Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide To The Pleasures Of Writing Poetry Quotes: Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's.
         

Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's.


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Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.

Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.



Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they are cut, you're the one that bleeds.

Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they are cut, you're the one that bleeds.



You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good.

You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good.





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