Poet Maggie Smith shares her insights into life and suffering and :joy talking about her new book – Goldenrod,
“You are not betraying your grief by feeling joy, You are not being graded and you do not receive extra credit for being miserable 100% of the time. Find pockets of relief, even happiness, where and when you can. Keep Moving.”
Commenting on the social media phenomenon that is her poem “Good Bones”
“I kind of joke that, that poem is a kind of disaster barometer; because when ever it’s shared widely, as it was after the presidential election, as it was after really any natural disaster or bombing or school shooting or you name it., it’s usually because something bad has happened in the world and people are sharing it as a way of seeking comfort. So if my social media starts to pick up because of Good Bones, my first instinct is to go and find out what happened. In the world; because I know that if it is shared widely something has happened , It really is a disaster barometer for me.”
“You are not betraying your grief by feeling joy, You are not being graded and you do not receive extra credit for being miserable 100% of the time. Find pockets of relief, even happiness, where and when you can. Keep Moving.”
Commenting on the social media phenomenon that is her poem “Good Bones”
“I kind of joke that, that poem is a kind of disaster barometer; because when ever it’s shared widely, as it was after the presidential election, as it was after really any natural disaster or bombing or school shooting or you name it., it’s usually because something bad has happened in the world and people are sharing it as a way of seeking comfort. So if my social media starts to pick up because of Good Bones, my first instinct is to go and find out what happened. In the world; because I know that if it is shared widely something has happened , It really is a disaster barometer for me.”
Time never made anything any worse, as far as a piece of writing is concerned. So if I’m not feeling like it’s done, the best thing I can do for a piece of writing is just put it down. and trust future me to know better what to do with it.
A poem should not mean but be.
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