Author: Floyd Skloot

Quotes

I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.

I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.

- Floyd Skloot

Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.

Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.

- Floyd Skloot

Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.

Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.

- Floyd Skloot

Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.

Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.

- Floyd Skloot

Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation.

Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation.

- Floyd Skloot

Elaine Equi has been publishing her observant, often playful poetry for some 30 years, extending and deepening the range of her intrinsically wry voice.

Elaine Equi has been publishing her observant, often playful poetry for some 30 years, extending and deepening the range of her intrinsically wry voice.

- Floyd Skloot

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