“The first indication of one's status as a nature poet is that one does not invoke language right off when talking about poetry.”Don McKay Baler Twine
“Phenomenology is one name for the path back from the object to the thing, the counterbalance to the objectification or 'progress'. Poetry is another.”Don McKay 'Paradoxides' 2012 Other quotes
“As I grew older the poetic surround becomes more important. I realize that the 'poetic attention' was more important to me than poetry was. The 'poetic attention' being a kind of longing without the desire to posess.”Don McKay Other quotes