Amy King Quotes

There are things that are not sayable. That's why we have words.

SO MANY PEOPLE, SO FEW POETS

POETRY SHAPES MY GENDER.

STUFF POETS STILL LIKE: POETRY

DESPITE THE INVENTION OF TIME MACHINES, WE KEEP BEING LINEAR.

POETRY HAS A PEPTIC PRESENCE. PRESENTLY.

HER BARBED-WIRE SMILE
LIFTED YOU TO HEAVEN
BUT I HAVE TO ASK
DID GOD LOOK LIKE HER VOICE

THE AMPUTATED HEART
BEATS HARDER

I WISH YOU ALL THE REALITY YOU COULD EVER WANT. HANDLE. WANT.

IT'S NOT THE HONEY WHISKEY IN A FRIDAY NIGHT - IT'S THE MANIC SHOW OF POETRY TWEETS THAT TURNS ME ON.

YOU SAY "POET" LIKE THAT MEANS SOMETHING.

YOUR WORDS ARE MADE OF THE AIR I BREATHE.

WORDS SHLD BE FREE. RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR SENTENCES.

SOME PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE. GET USED TO IT. QUESTION MARK.

We are metered only by our own machines,
while the book is a clock that forgets her machanics.