I believe poetry has very little to do with memory. Nick Flynn memorypoetry Change image and share on social
When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family. My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Nick Flynn badcareerchild share on social
That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us. Nick Flynn soldiersurpriseterrible Change image and share on social
The attention one gets from being a poet isn't great. Nick Flynn attentiongreatpoet Change image and share on social
I'm not sure why working at a homeless shelter made sense to me, except that I needed to immerse myself in some sort of larger real-life situation to get me out of the cage of my mind, in some ways. Nick Flynn cagehomelessimmerse Change image and share on social
My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Part of why she left him was this delusion of greatness and identifying it very directly with being an artist. Nick Flynn artistdelusiondirectly share on social
Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent. Nick Flynn apparentbreathebuddhism Change image and share on social
To be honest, in my five years as an electrician, I never got the license. Nick Flynn electricianhonestlicense Change image and share on social
For the first few months, I was a comically inept parent. The first night home from the hospital, I held her bare body against my bare chest until a friend who was a doctor came by and asked what I was doing, and told me to put some clothes on that baby. Nick Flynn askbabybare share on social
