Vern Rutsala Professions : Poet Born : February 5, 1934 Died : April 2, 2014 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Vern Rutsala They said daydreaming was against the law, but some of us escaped, slipping out windows and over cyclone fences, some of us flying away with heads like balloons. We taught our dogs to love the flavor of homework and became expert forgers of our parentsâ signatures. We knew they were teaching us how to die but some of us said no in our stealthy and stubborn ways. Vern Rutsala teaching law dog The language is spare and under control and has a genuine immediacy...The poems never preach but are lined out with a cool and therefore devastating effect Vern Rutsala genuine immediacy language Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
