Elizabeth Bishop - One Art

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The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Elizabeth Bishop

Sometimes it seems... as though only intelligent people are stupid enough to fall in love & only stupid people are intelligent enough to let themselves be loved.

Elizabeth Bishop

Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs — no regular hours, so many temptations!

Elizabeth Bishop

Once more I am overcome by my own amazing sloth and unmannerliness. Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all?

Elizabeth Bishop

When you write my epitaph, you must say I was the loneliest person who ever lived.

Elizabeth Bishop

If after I read a poem, the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so, I'm sure it's a good one.

Elizabeth Bishop