catalyst quotes

An occasion, catalyst, or tripwire†permits the poet to reach into herself and haul up whatever nugget of the human condition distracts her at the moment, something that can't be reached in any other way.

-Ackerman, Diane
Quoted in the NewYork Times,10 Mar1991.

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