What did Li-Young Lee mean by: The lyric self is the self; the narrative self is not. - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia Copy
+ Memory is sweet. Even when it’s painful, memory is sweet. Feraz Zeid, September 14, 2023December 26, 2023, Li-Young Lee, Memories, Painful, Sweet, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
+ The knowledge that it takes to write a poem gets burnt up in the writing of the poem. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Li-Young Lee, Writing, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
+ In writing poetry, all of one’s attention is focused on some inner voice. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Li-Young Lee, Attention, Voice, Writing, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
+ And I never believed that the multitude / of dreams and many words were vain. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Li-Young Lee, Dream, Multitudes, Vain, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
+ Could it be in longing we are most ourselves? Feraz Zeid, June 3, 2023December 12, 2023, Li-Young Lee, Longing, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
+ Brimming. That’s what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Li-Young Lee, Sentences, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
+ A poem is like a score for the human voice. Feraz Zeid, June 29, 2023December 12, 2023, Li-Young Lee, Human, Score, Voice, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
+ While all bodies share the same fate, all voices do not. Feraz Zeid, June 1, 2023January 10, 2024, Li-Young Lee, Body, Fate, Voice, 0 - Li-Young Lee Poet · Indonesia
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