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Sarah Kay quotes: I write poems to figure things out

I write poems to figure things out

Sarah Kay quotes: I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.

I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.

Sarah Kay quotes: I love youas much as the oceankisses the shoreno matter how many timesit is sent away.

I love you
as much as the ocean
kisses the shore
no matter how many times
it is sent away.

Sarah Kay quotes: How strange, that when you are away, I reach for my cell phone's buzz as if it were your hand. Each shiver in my pocket, a way to find you.

How strange, that when you are away, I reach for my cell phone's buzz as if it were your hand. Each shiver in my pocket, a way to find you.

Sarah Kay quotes: A sky still fits the ignition. There just isn't anything left to drive.

A sky still fits the ignition. There just isn't anything left to drive.

Sarah Kay quotes: Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night

Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night

Sarah Kay quotes: I promise to tidy up before company arrives, wouldn't want my socks and daydreams all over the carpet

I promise to tidy up before company arrives, wouldn't want my socks and daydreams all over the carpet

Sarah Kay quotes: You are a woman. Skin and bones, veins and nerves, hair and sweat. You are not made of metaphors. Not apologies, not excuses.

You are a woman. Skin and bones, veins and nerves, hair and sweat. You are not made of metaphors. Not apologies, not excuses.

Sarah Kay quotes: Her dress is the colour of marmalade, she chirps songs that have no words

Her dress is the colour of marmalade, she chirps songs that have no words

Sarah Kay quotes: I am watching parts of me evaporate like sidewalk water. This wet grey, this nighttime dew, gone before morning.

I am watching parts of me evaporate like sidewalk water. This wet grey, this nighttime dew, gone before morning.

Sarah Kay quotes: Ever since I was little, I've loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people.

Ever since I was little, I've loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people.

Sarah Kay quotes: Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more accessible and approachable.

Part of what I try to do in schools is take poetry off of a pedestal and make it a little more accessible and approachable.

Sarah Kay quotes: It is hard to stop loving the ocean. Even after it has left you gasping, salty.

It is hard to stop loving the ocean. Even after it has left you gasping, salty.

Sarah Kay quotes: Poetry makes people nervous. Especially in schools.

Poetry makes people nervous. Especially in schools.

Sarah Kay quotes: One of my highest priorities as an educator is to be as inclusive as possible.

One of my highest priorities as an educator is to be as inclusive as possible.

Sarah Kay quotes: There are parts of me I only recognize from photographs.

There are parts of me I only recognize from photographs.

Sarah Kay quotes: It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.

It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready.

Sarah Kay quotes: Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.

Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.

Sarah Kay quotes: Hands learn. More than minds do.

Hands learn. More than minds do.

Sarah Kay quotes: I will love you with too many commas, but never any asterisks.

I will love you with too many commas, but never any asterisks.

Sarah Kay quotes: Be careful, darling. Your footsteps land heavy here. Your racket will wake the dragons.

Be careful, darling. Your footsteps land heavy here. Your racket will wake the dragons.

Sarah Kay quotes: Because rain will wash away everything, if you let it.

Because rain will wash away everything, if you let it.

Sarah Kay quotes: If loving you means getting dirty, bring on the grime.

If loving you means getting dirty, bring on the grime.

Sarah Kay quotes: There is hurt here that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry.

There is hurt here that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry.

Sarah Kay quotes: When I hear what I have written out loud, the cliches hang in the air between us like bad breath

When I hear what I have written out loud, the cliches hang in the air between us like bad breath

Sarah Kay quotes: Let the statues crumble. You have always been the place.

Let the statues crumble. You have always been the place.

Sarah Kay quotes: It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.

It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.

Sarah Kay quotes: I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.

I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.

Sarah Kay quotes: We were dandelion seeds released to the wind, she asked for no return. We are saplings now. With gentle hands.

We were dandelion seeds released to the wind, she asked for no return. We are saplings now. With gentle hands.

Sarah Kay quotes: When you fall in love, it is discovering the ocean after years of puddle jumping.

When you fall in love, it is discovering the ocean after years of puddle jumping.

Sarah Kay quotes: My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

Sarah Kay quotes: Nothing is as universal as some good scatalogical humor. Even if it means having to be a little silly or cheeky, I think it is worth it.

Nothing is as universal as some good scatalogical humor. Even if it means having to be a little silly or cheeky, I think it is worth it.

Sarah Kay quotes: To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

Sarah Kay quotes: My world was the size of a crayon box, and it took every colour to draw her

My world was the size of a crayon box, and it took every colour to draw her

Sarah Kay quotes: It is equally important to listen as it is to speak.

It is equally important to listen as it is to speak.

Sarah Kay quotes: I use poetry to help me work through what I don't understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of everywhere else that I've been.

I use poetry to help me work through what I don't understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of everywhere else that I've been.

Sarah Kay quotes: We both know how to hide our sharpest parts, I just don't always recognize my own weaponry.

We both know how to hide our sharpest parts, I just don't always recognize my own weaponry.

Sarah Kay quotes: Hands learn more than minds do, hands learn how to hold other hands ...

Hands learn more than minds do, hands learn how to hold other hands ...

Sarah Kay quotes: You can be an artist, work hard for your work and also share while trying to create community with other artists.

You can be an artist, work hard for your work and also share while trying to create community with other artists.

Sarah Kay quotes: If he leaves you with a car alarm heart, you learn to sing along.

If he leaves you with a car alarm heart, you learn to sing along.

Sarah Kay quotes: Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our own words, with our own voices.

Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our own words, with our own voices.

Sarah Kay quotes: Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer

Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer

Sarah Kay quotes: I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I'm trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me.

I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I'm trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me.