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Billy Collins Quotes

... the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry Picture Quote #1

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper Picture Quote #1

I see woefully obscure poetry as simply a kind of verbal rudeness Picture Quote #1

I could look at you forever and never see the two of us together Picture Quote #1

But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest Picture Quote #1

All they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with a rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means Picture Quote #1

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A sentence starts out like a lone traveler heading into a blizzard at midnight, tilting into the wind, one arm shielding his face, the tails of his thin coat flapping behind him Picture Quote #1

It’s time to float on the waters of the night. Time to wrap my arms around this book and press it to my chest, life preserver in a seat of unremarkable men and women anonymous faces on the street, a hundred thousand unalphabitized things a million forgotten hours Picture Quote #1

This is not what it is like to be you, I realized as a few of your magnificent clouds flew over the rooftop. It is just me thinking about being you. And before I headed back down the hill, I walked in a circle around your house, making an invisible line which you would have to cross before dark Picture Quote #1

I stared up at the ebbing quarter moon and the stars scattered like a handful of salt across the faraway sky Picture Quote #1

I see all of us reading ourselves away from ourselves, straining in circles of light to find more light until the line of words becomes a trail of crumbs that we follow across a page of fresh snow Picture Quote #1

The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain, to a little fishing village where there are no phones Picture Quote #1

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And I should mention the light which falls through the big windows this time of day italicizing everything it touches Picture Quote #1

It seems only yesterday I used to believe there was nothing under my skin but light. If you cut me I could shine Picture Quote #1

Poetry is my cheap means of transportation, by the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield Picture Quote #1

While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane Picture Quote #1

I love to move like a mouse inside this puzzle for the body, balancing the wish to be lost with the need to be found Picture Quote #1

I sit in the dark and wait for a little flame to appear at the end of my pencil Picture Quote #1

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A motto I’ve adopted is, if at first you don’t succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried Picture Quote #1

It’s a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life Picture Quote #1

I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the day. To the left and right there are an amazing set of distractions that we usually can’t afford to follow. But the poet is willing to stop anywhere Picture Quote #1

Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. Its a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end Picture Quote #1

Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there’s no visual distraction Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I’m trying to take a little journey from one place to another, and it’s usually from a realistic place, to a place in the imagination Picture Quote #1

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The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you’re simply using a pen to record what you have thought out Picture Quote #1

There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn’t want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps Picture Quote #1

Form is any aspect of a poem that encourages it to stay whole and not drift off into chaos Picture Quote #1

It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes Picture Quote #1

I find it impossible to think of favorite poets. I would rather list the ones I cannot stand Picture Quote #1

But my heart is always propped up in a field on its tripod, ready for the next arrow Picture Quote #1

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... the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry (Billy Collins Quotes) The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper (Billy Collins Quotes) I see woefully obscure poetry as simply a kind of verbal rudeness (Billy Collins Quotes) I could look at you forever and never see the two of us together (Billy Collins Quotes) But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest (Billy Collins Quotes) All they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with a rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means (Billy Collins Quotes) A sentence starts out like a lone traveler heading into a blizzard at midnight, tilting into the wind, one arm shielding his face, the tails of his thin coat flapping behind him (Billy Collins Quotes) It’s time to float on the waters of the night. Time to wrap my arms around this book and press it to my chest, life preserver in a seat of unremarkable men and women anonymous faces on the street, a hundred thousand unalphabitized things a million forgotten hours (Billy Collins Quotes) This is not what it is like to be you, I realized as a few of your magnificent clouds flew over the rooftop. It is just me thinking about being you. And before I headed back down the hill, I walked in a circle around your house, making an invisible line which you would have to cross before dark (Billy Collins Quotes) I stared up at the ebbing quarter moon and the stars scattered like a handful of salt across the faraway sky (Billy Collins Quotes) I see all of us reading ourselves away from ourselves, straining in circles of light to find more light until the line of words becomes a trail of crumbs that we follow across a page of fresh snow (Billy Collins Quotes) The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of, as if, one by one, the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain, to a little fishing village where there are no phones (Billy Collins Quotes) And I should mention the light which falls through the big windows this time of day italicizing everything it touches (Billy Collins Quotes) It seems only yesterday I used to believe there was nothing under my skin but light. If you cut me I could shine (Billy Collins Quotes) Poetry is my cheap means of transportation, by the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield (Billy Collins Quotes) While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the windowpane (Billy Collins Quotes) I love to move like a mouse inside this puzzle for the body, balancing the wish to be lost with the need to be found (Billy Collins Quotes) I sit in the dark and wait for a little flame to appear at the end of my pencil (Billy Collins Quotes) A motto I’ve adopted is, if at first you don’t succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried (Billy Collins Quotes) It’s a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life (Billy Collins Quotes) I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the day. To the left and right there are an amazing set of distractions that we usually can’t afford to follow. But the poet is willing to stop anywhere (Billy Collins Quotes) Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. Its a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end (Billy Collins Quotes) Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there’s no visual distraction (Billy Collins Quotes) I’m trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I’m trying to take a little journey from one place to another, and it’s usually from a realistic place, to a place in the imagination (Billy Collins Quotes) The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you’re simply using a pen to record what you have thought out (Billy Collins Quotes) There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn’t want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps (Billy Collins Quotes) Form is any aspect of a poem that encourages it to stay whole and not drift off into chaos (Billy Collins Quotes) It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes (Billy Collins Quotes) I find it impossible to think of favorite poets. I would rather list the ones I cannot stand (Billy Collins Quotes) But my heart is always propped up in a field on its tripod, ready for the next arrow (Billy Collins Quotes)

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