Alice Fulton Quotes & Sayings

At least embarrasement is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners. — Alice Fulton

It's just me throwing myself at you,
romance as usual, us times us,
not lust but moxibustion,
a substance burning close
to the body as possible
without risk of immolation. — Alice Fulton

Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry. — Alice Fulton

Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all. — Alice Fulton

While you're alive there's no time for minor amazements. — Alice Fulton

Because life's too short to blush,
I keep my blood tucked in. — Alice Fulton

Emotion is the best mnemonic device. — Alice Fulton

Even when I'm in the dark I'm in the dark with you. — Alice Fulton

Anguish is the universal language — Alice Fulton

I've learned that my readings of others' work often has little connection to their intentions. This doesn't mean that my response is wrong, and it doesn't make the author's views less right. Poets, like their poems, are "hopeful monsters". — Alice Fulton

Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward what
looks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade. — Alice Fulton

It's the rare
God who needs less stroking that a rock
Star or poetician ... — Alice Fulton