Elizabeth Alexander (poet) Quote

Poetry is what you find
in the dirt in the corner,
overhear on the bus, God
in the details, the only way
to get from here to there.


American Sublime (2005)


Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get from here to there.

Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get from here to there.

Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get from here to there.

Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, the only way to get from here to there.