A.E. Stallings > Quotes

“. . . Orpheus struck dumb with hindsight.”
― A. E. Stallings

“The mother says to her daughter: The heart is an island. To reach it, You must cross salt water. This is what the daughter fears: That joy, like sorrow, Must be reached by shipwreck, Tossed on the flotsam of tears.”
― A.E. Stallings, Like: Poems

“The bats inebriate the sky . . .”
― A. E. Stallings

“Fairytales are full of impossible tasks.”
― A.E. Stallings

“Composing a poem and creating a fabric—whether weaving or knitting--actually have a surprising amount in common, not least a lot of terms—take the word “text” itself for example. Line? Related to linen. We spin yarns in our narrative poems. Poets spend a lot of time wool-gathering.”
― A.E. Stallings