I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity. Philip Levine More Quotes by Philip Levine More Quotes From Philip Levine Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice. Philip Levine who-cares advice people I find you in these tears, few, useless and here at last. Don't come back. Philip Levine lasts useless tears I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. Philip Levine poet lucky mother I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong. Philip Levine hours jazz three I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home. Philip Levine listening home son I say, Father, the years have brought me here, still your son, they have brought me to a life I cannot understand. Philip Levine father years son It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work. Philip Levine detroit ironic facts Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it. Philip Levine left gone years My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family. Philip Levine grew strong father I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change. Philip Levine seventies dramatic imagine But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet. Philip Levine written poet young But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity. Philip Levine intensity My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist. Philip Levine temperament novelists My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Philip Levine ambition mother song Every day these tragedies happen, it’s more of a greater wake-up call that we need to move forward, and that means people need to vote, and if I’m honored to be governor, I will make sure we will change these laws. Philip Levine politics When you become mayor of a city that’s being attacked by sea level rise, there’s no book to buy, no course to take, no guide to follow, we had to literally write the book ourselves. We have learned as we went along. We, of course, realize that everything we did could have been better and everything we’ve done can certainly be improved. Philip Levine latest-headlines No residents are going there, it's a dangerous place. Philip Levine lifestyle It's become a cancer, a cancer that spreads throughout our entire city. Philip Levine lifestyle I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity. Philip Levine eyes look moment time
