It's so rich as a trope - the whole idea of the road and it being in terms of language, being an active experience.
Anne WaldmanThe formal stuff feels old and windy. Not to say you shouldn't know prosody. But it's a wonderful time for exploratory poetics. Contemporary poets are inventing all kinds of wild, complex shapes for poetry, as we see. It's a wonderful time, less ego-centered.
Anne WaldmanMy mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you believe in God?
Anne Waldman