Anne Waldman > Quotes

“I've multiplied, I'm 2.
He was part of me
he came out of me,
he took a part of me
He took me apart.
I'm 2, he's my art,
no, he's separate.
He art one. I'm not
done & I'm still one.
I sing of my son. I've
multiplied. My heart's
in 2, half to him & half
to you,
who are also a part
of him, & you & he
& I make trio of
kind congruity.”
― Anne Waldman

“You are where you are, you don't have to judge it, although some of the old poems might be more interesting than some I might write tomorrow.”
― Anne Waldman, Vow to Poetry

“what methods of political
thought can poetry
uniquely perform? //
we use to be able to outdo the future
we were never stuck in the past
we always wanted a mystery of narration
not just in a line when you edit
we laughed harder at mistakes & puns
and we always wanted each other, saw you there
saw me here, stole you from there
because we used to be there
and now here, your lines
used to be able to outdo the future”
― Anne Waldman, Trickster Feminism

“when you are in your trouble
and turn from death
this is what to do
find the meeting place:
intersectionality
under stars”
― Anne Waldman, Trickster Feminism

“Do not harm the twilight that saves you //
what methods of political thought can poetry uniquely perform? //
Entanglement is impermanence”
― Anne Waldman

“She remembered the flood she was inside of might return // Earth trying to tell us something”
― Anne Waldman, Trickster Feminism