#ems

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#book #books #got #i #many

Well, "The Wellspring" was written from 1983 to 1986. And it had a section in the beginning that was poems that began from others' experience. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#beginning #experience #had #in the beginning #others

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#am #anything #even #i #i am

As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#any #captivated #child #material #me

A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

#asking #being #gives #how #person

There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

#china #couple #damage #environmental #got

Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and having six kids in the family. ↗

— Ashley Olsen

#compare #each #family #feel #having

When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#beyond #catches #down #eye #goes

Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice. ↗

— Barbara Olson

#al gore #cause #champion #championing #found

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble. ↗

— Charles Olson

#been #help #help people #i #life