Mallory Smart > Mallory's Quotes

“Having experimented in both poetry and prose, I can say that the two are such loaded words. But neither are quite as weighted as the word “poet”. I think some people can write poetry their whole lives, and never truly BE a “poet”. Whereas I see poets in the wanderers I encounter, the baristas who serve me, and the truckers I, so, love to talk to.To be a poet in my humble opinion is to be a muse of the human experience. I love that I love the idea, that anything can be poetry, it can’t be defined. It’s a feeling, like punk rock. I’m not one for form or structure. I say if your words are visceral and honest, it’s poetry. If you see the beauty of the world and humanity, and you preach it, you’re a poet.”
― Mallory Smart

“I was packed tightly into this old van, with three other people that I didn’t really know, with backpack/ garbage/dissent driving off with no purpose or sense direction. I wrote to keep track of my thoughts and from that came Starving.”
― Mallory Smart