"This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal force"
- Sharon Olds
About this Quote
This quote by Sharon Olds speaks with the power of poetry to develop something out of absolutely nothing. By utilizing words, a poet can create a creature that has its own life and also power. This animal is not just an invention of the poet's imagination, but a living, breathing entity with its very own centrifugal pressure. The centrifugal force is the energy that propels the animal onward, providing it the power to move as well as act individually. This animal is a representation of the poet's imagination as well as the power of words to bring something to life. The quote is a pointer that verse can be utilized to create something that is real and concrete, something that has its own power and life. It is a suggestion that words have the power to develop something out of nothing, and that verse can be used to bring something to life.
This quote is written / told by Sharon Olds somewhere between November 19, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA.
The author also have 22 other quotes.
"With the question of the effect of a poem, the topic of investigation shifts from that of textual autonomy to textual reception - to the issue of what we actually look for or find in reading a poem"
"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise"
"A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire"
