I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were. Anne Stevenson canvaspoetryslap Change image and share on social
Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly. Anne Stevenson bearpoemread Change image and share on social
There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic. Anne Stevenson academiccriticismkind Change image and share on social
Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost. Anne Stevenson americanblakebook Change image and share on social
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. Anne Stevenson definefeelingfrailty Change image and share on social
I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since. Anne Stevenson britaincambridgeenglishman Change image and share on social
I've cancelled all my subscriptions to poetry magazines. I prefer to read the 'New Scientist.' Anne Stevenson cancelhavemagazine Change image and share on social
I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century. Anne Stevenson 21stcenturyglad Change image and share on social
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy. Anne Stevenson bookcomplexityend Change image and share on social
Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally. Anne Stevenson commithalfknow Change image and share on social