At some point you have to believe that the inadequacies of the words you use will be transcended by the faith with which you use them. You have to believe that poetry has some reach into reality itself, or you have to go silent.


Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet (ed. Copper Canyon Press, 2013) - ISBN: 9781619320932

Christian Wiman Quotes

At some point you have to believe that the inadequacies of the words you use will be transcended by the faith with which you use them. You have to...

At some point you have to believe that the inadequacies of the words you use will be transcended by the faith with which you use them. You have to...

At some point you have to believe that the inadequacies of the words you use will be transcended by the faith with which you use them. You have to...

At some point you have to believe that the inadequacies of the words you use will be transcended by the faith with which you use them. You have to...