Phrase by 'James Tate'

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I like to start with the ordinary, and then nudge it, and then think, 'What happens next, what happens next?'

Author: James Tate - American Poet
  Start , Think , Like , Happens


I can't know entirely what's at stake beforehand; you find out as you go. I love to take a poem, for instance, that starts with something seemingly frivolous or inconsequential and then grows in gravity until by the end it's something very serious.

Author: James Tate - American Poet
  Love , You , Know , Serious


I don't think you can define how you acquire your imagination any more than you can define why one person has a sense of humor and another doesn't. But I certainly would lean to the side that says all those solitary hours of daydreaming were a kind of training for poetry.

Author: James Tate - American Poet
  Humor , You , Poetry , Imagination


I was just sitting on my bed in a dormitory room, and I started writing. The thing that was magic about it was that once you put down one word, you could cross it out. I figured that out right away. I put down 'mountain,' and then I'd go, 'No - 'valley.' That's better.'

Author: James Tate - American Poet
  You , Better , Down , Mountain


When you don't sleep, you start to hallucinate, and that's not good.

Author: James Tate - American Poet
  You , Start , Good , Sleep


I love my funny poems, but I'd rather break your heart. And if I can do both in the same poem, that's the best.

Author: James Tate - American Poet
  Love , Heart , Best , Funny


If you laughed earlier in the poem, and I bring you close to tears in the end, that's the best.

Author: James Tate - American Poet
  You , Best , End , Tears


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