Autumn Smith

“My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light.”
― Julia Whelan, My Oxford Year

“To truly experience a poem, you need to feel it. A poem is alive, it has a voice. It is a person. Who are they? Why are they? Hearing her words, as she speaks to you, you think and feel certain things. Just as, hearing my words now, you think and feel certain things. Reading poetry is a conversation of feeling between two people. It shouldn’t answer anything, it should only create more questions, like any good conversation. What did she make you feel? That’s what I wanted you to examine.”
― Julia Whelan, My Oxford Year

“I love believing in something and fighting for it.”
― Julia Whelan, My Oxford Year

“Striking covers often hide blank pages.”
― Julia Whelan, My Oxford Year