Harryette Mullen Quotes

• The spirit of tanka interests me more than following rigid conventions. As I understand it, the tradition allows a variety of approaches, from simple description and heartfelt expression to classical allusion and evocative wordplay. Succeeding generations rediscover and renew the form so that it retains its vitality.

  Harryette Mullen

  Simple, Expression, Heartfelt

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• Estaré emocionalmente perturbado el tiempo que haga falta

  Harryette Mullen

  Long, Disturbed

  Harryette Mullen (2002). “Sleeping with the Dictionary”, p.28, Univ of California Press

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• The dream is not a map. A poem is not the territory. The dreamer reclines in a barbershop carpeted with Afro turf. In the dark some soul yells. It hurts to walk barefoot on cowrie shells.

  Harryette Mullen

  Dream, Hurt, Dark

  Harryette Mullen (2002). “Sleeping with the Dictionary”, p.39, Univ of California Press

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