Although I was paid a salary in Ann Arbor, my wife and children and I drank powdered milk at six cents a quart instead of the stuff that came in bottles. I was a tightwad. Donald Hall annarborbottle Change image and share on social
My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down. Donald Hall agebalancebuckle Change image and share on social
Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious. Donald Hall afternoonbedroomdangerous Change image and share on social
I think my very best work came out when I was about 60, not when I was 20. I was publishing all the time when I was in my 20s, and some of those poems I still like. And there were a few after 60, and in my 70s, that I like. But they became fewer and fewer. Donald Hall 20s70sfew share on social
In December of 1952, my first wife, Kirby, and I left Vienna to drive through the Russian sector of Austria into Yugoslavia. Donald Hall austriadecemberdrive Change image and share on social
I've always felt that poetry was particularly erotic, more than prose was... I say that you read poems not with your eyes and not with your ears, but with your mouth. You taste it. Donald Hall eareroticeye Change image and share on social
Both my New Hampshire great-grandfathers wore facial hair: the Copperhead who fought in the war and the sheep farmer too old for combat. Donald Hall combatcopperheadfacial Change image and share on social
I'd heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it. Donald Hall hatehearlove Change image and share on social
Even famous poets such as Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams were rarely asked to read their poems. Donald Hall askcarlofamous Change image and share on social
