“ Until we say the truth, there can be no tenderness.As long as there is desire, we will not be safe Tony Hoagland
“ There isn’t a word for walking out of the grocery storewith a gallon jug of milk in a plastic sackthat should have been bagged in double layers—so that before you are even out the dooryou feel the wei… Tony Hoagland
“ When you're a student of poetry, you're lucky if you don't realize how untalented you are until you get a little better. Otherwise, you would just stop. Tony Hoagland
“ Outside the youth center, between the liquor storeand the police station,a little dogwood tree is losing its mind;overflowing with blossomfoam,like a sudsy mug of beer;like a bride ripping off her clo… Tony Hoagland
