Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.”

“Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.”

“If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting.”

“So, what did you learn?Curiosity asked the Cat, thenpoked her carcass with a stick.”

“Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.”

“Unforgiveness,splinter in your breastbone, lives there lodged like a small tree.Withers in winter, looms in spring. Its fruit is sweet on first bite, then turns into the taste of your own flesh.”

“If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.”

“Mental clarity ain't for the faint of heart.”

“How to Write a PoemCatch the airaround the butterfly.”

“Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.”

“Every advantage is temporary.”

“Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.”

“I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.”

“The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.”

“Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.”

“As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.”

“Lineation can make your break your poems.”

“If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.”

“My Personalityunfolding before youlike a Swiss Army knife.”

“If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.”