Author: Tracy K. Smith

Quotes

A poem gives me a chance to have an encounter with a feeling, with an experience, with a wish, with an idea.

A poem gives me a chance to have an encounter with a feeling, with an experience, with a wish, with an idea.

- Tracy K. Smith

Losing my father made me want to find out if I could come up with a version of God or the afterlife that I could feel like was acceptable now that both my parents are in it.

Losing my father made me want to find out if I could come up with a version of God or the afterlife that I could feel like was acceptable now that both my parents are in it.

- Tracy K. Smith

So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us.

So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us.

- Tracy K. Smith

I don't know how anyone can see the Hubble 'Deep Field' image and not feel like something else is going about its business out there.

I don't know how anyone can see the Hubble 'Deep Field' image and not feel like something else is going about its business out there.

- Tracy K. Smith

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