If you see life's potential as art, is it artful or artificial living?
~ Terrance Hayes
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Quoted from Terrance Hayes, "American Sonnet Starring Octavia Butler II" in So to Speak (Penguin Random House, 2023)
The quote is the concluding line of the poem, which appeared in Poetry Daily on August 24, 2023.
Terrance Hayes, Honored Poet; Professor of Creative Writing, New York University
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Hayes writes good poetry. I wonder what he would think of swapping the words, so that it would read, "If you see art as life's potential, is it lifelike or living artifice?" Hope you are doing well!
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