Quotes from Alice Fulton

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

Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward whatlooks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade.

... It's the rareGod who needs less stroking that a rockStar or poetician ...

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.

Anguish is the universal language

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

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

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

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

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

Each poet creates an expatriate space, a slightly skewed domain where things are freshly felt because they are freshly said.

Regal is easy. That's why I wear a sinking fragrance and fall to pieces in plain sight.

It's just me throwing myself at you, romance as usual, us times us, not lust but moxibustion, a substance burning closeto the body as possiblewithout risk of immolation.