Inspiring and encouraging quotes for writers.
"Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject."
posted by Tricia Goyer at 8:43 AM
Tricia Goyer is the author of thirty books including Songbird Under a German Moon, The Swiss Courier, and the mommy memoir, Blue Like Play Dough. She won Historical Novel of the Year in 2005 and 2006 from ACFW, and was honored with the Writer of the Year award from Mt. Hermon Writer's Conference in 2003. Tricia's book Life Interrupted was a finalist for the Gold Medallion in 2005. In addition to her novels, Tricia writes non-fiction books and magazine articles for publications like MomSense and Thriving Family. Tricia is a regular speaker at conventions and conferences, and has been a workshop presenter at the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International Conventions. She and her family make their home in Little Rock, Arkansas where they are part of the ministry of FamilyLife.
1 Comments:
So true. I might add that poetry should express only truth; eternal truth, or the truth of one's heart.
I think Keats would faint if he read what passes for poetry today. Much of it is random, flow-of-consciousness drivel. But consciousness may not do it justice, for it implies a certain cognitive involvement, rather than simply an affective verbal flow.
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