Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a reader actually finds there — which is usually something both more and less than the poet planned.


"Paradigms Lost," interview with Gloria Brame, ELF: Eclectic Literary Forum (Spring 1995) - Interviews - The Catholic Writer Today (2013)

Dana Gioia Quotes

Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a...

Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a...

Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a...

Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a...