For it to exist in the real world, my work has to be bigger than myself.

Some of the most turbulent moments in life through a sharp, clear lens. Maura Dooley

Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves. Lorna Goodison

Her scary, unsettling voice seems unexpected in poetry. It cuts her free of the crowd - The Times

If we see light at the end of the tunnel / It's the light of the oncoming train. - Robert Lowell