Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Frederick Seidel
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Frederick Seidel.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
I was left with myself and had to do the one thing I could to survive. I knew it would be difficult to write, very difficult, but I set about doing it.
Write beautifully what people don’t want to hear.
You need a danger to be safe in.
I like to hear the sound of form, and I like to hear the sound of it breaking.
I like poems that are daggers that sing.
I like poems that are daggers that sing. I like poems that for all the power of the sentiments expressed, and all the power to upset and offend, are so well made that they’re achieved things. However much they upset you, they also affect you.
Sometimes you finish the poem, and that last piece clicks in place. Sometimes the poem is finished with you.
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