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James Tate quotes: almost exquisite, the slight madness

almost exquisite, the slight madness

James Tate quotes: Something should always change in a poem. The persona should learn something.

Something should always change in a poem. The persona should learn something.

James Tate quotes: I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

James Tate quotes: He is being nibbled to death by ducks.--More Later, Less the Same

He is being nibbled to death by ducks.

--More Later, Less the Same

James Tate quotes: Everybody who was anybody seemed to be going to a meeting, the glowworm, who was a solipsist, the lemur who was not.

Everybody who was anybody seemed to be going to a meeting, the glowworm, who was a solipsist, the lemur who was not.

James Tate quotes: If you laughed earlier in the poem, and I bring you close to tears in the end, that's the best.

If you laughed earlier in the poem, and I bring you close to tears in the end, that's the best.

James Tate quotes: The challenge is always to find the ultimate in the ordinary horseshit.

The challenge is always to find the ultimate in the ordinary horseshit.

James Tate quotes: Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.

Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.

James Tate quotes: When you don't sleep, you start to hallucinate, and that's not good.

When you don't sleep, you start to hallucinate, and that's not good.

James Tate quotes: Dust is watching life's talk show.

Dust is watching life's talk show.

James Tate quotes: I love my funny poems, but I'd rather break your heart. And if I can do both in the same poem, that's the best.

I love my funny poems, but I'd rather break your heart. And if I can do both in the same poem, that's the best.

James Tate quotes: Having gray hair doesn't matterbut having gray matter matters.

Having gray hair doesn't matter
but having gray matter matters.