Wednesday, August 14, 2002

We hear only the questions

We hear only the questions to which we are capable of finding an answer.  Neitzche
The phrase “finding your voice” is misleading because it suggests that your voice is lost out there, and you have to go groping around to find this thing.  I think finding your voice is a matter of not looking outside yourself but just allowing part of yourself into your poem that you’ve been excluding.  Billy Collins
So what happens when all I can hear are questions, and I’ve used up all my answers?  What is it when the voice inside is a chorus, a cacaphony, a crowd in disagreement?