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Poem Quotes

I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape Picture Quote #1

Learn poetry by heart. If you know a poem by heart, no one can take it away from you, and you can take advantage of it anytime Picture Quote #1

I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I’ve written mainly novels ever since Picture Quote #1

I like connecting the abstract to the concrete. There’s a tension in that. I believe the reader or listener should be able to enter the poem as a participant. So I try to get past resolving poems Picture Quote #1

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It’s their job, to eulogize. I didn’t know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss Picture Quote #1

I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row, then down another, and try not to look up too often to see how far you still have to go Picture Quote #1

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A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain Picture Quote #1

The poem springs from the half spoken words of the patient... When asked, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing Picture Quote #1

My works really begin in a very simple way. Sometimes it’s an image, and sometimes it’s words I might write, like a fragment of a poem Picture Quote #1

The voice does go up in a poem. It is an address, even if it is to oneself Picture Quote #1

Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something Picture Quote #1

The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears to hear it Picture Quote #1

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Never discuss the poem you contemplate writing. It’s like turning on the outside spigot. It takes all the pressure off the upstairs bathroom Picture Quote #1

I don’t think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals Picture Quote #1

The great poems of heaven and hell have been written and the great poem of earth remains to be written Picture Quote #1

Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart Picture Quote #1

Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many alibis Picture Quote #1

Paranoia imposes its own vision on the external world; it differs from other kinds of visionary experience in that the paranoid wants others to share his view-even insists on it. Paranoia is very like poetic creativity. This accounts for my fascination with certain people in whom this state of mind was evident: ‘characters’ met by chance, whose words and gestures would haunt me for years until, finally, in a poem I was able to dispel them Picture Quote #1

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Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all Picture Quote #1

Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it’s being turned into a thousand songs Picture Quote #1

I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it Picture Quote #1

Not the poem which we have read, but that to which we return, with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry Picture Quote #1

I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn’t perfectly suited to accommodating such data, so I’ve had to find new ways to say everything that I want to say Picture Quote #1

I’ve had people explain to me what one of my poems meant, and I’ve been surprised that it means that to them. If a person can use a poem of mine to interpret her life or his life, good. I can’t control that. Nor would I want to Picture Quote #1

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Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a reader actually finds there which is usually something both more and less than the poet planned Picture Quote #1

Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don’t have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression Picture Quote #1

Listening a cultivated person of today that jokes and almost boasts about his scientific ignorance, is as sad as listening a scientist that boasts about not having read any poem Picture Quote #1

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author.. reasoning poers must be brought to reinforce imagination Picture Quote #1

When a woman writes you a poem, she spends time with the gods on your behalf Picture Quote #1

I was always cutting words. I even would write my jokes in my notebook. I still do this, almost like a poem Picture Quote #1

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I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape (Poem Quotes) Learn poetry by heart. If you know a poem by heart, no one can take it away from you, and you can take advantage of it anytime (Poem Quotes) I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I’ve written mainly novels ever since (Poem Quotes) I like connecting the abstract to the concrete. There’s a tension in that. I believe the reader or listener should be able to enter the poem as a participant. So I try to get past resolving poems (Poem Quotes) Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It’s their job, to eulogize. I didn’t know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss (Poem Quotes) I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one long row, then down another, and try not to look up too often to see how far you still have to go (Poem Quotes) A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain (Poem Quotes) The poem springs from the half spoken words of the patient... When asked, how I have for so many years continued an equal interest in medicine and the poem, I reply that they amount for me to nearly the same thing (Poem Quotes) My works really begin in a very simple way. Sometimes it’s an image, and sometimes it’s words I might write, like a fragment of a poem (Poem Quotes) The voice does go up in a poem. It is an address, even if it is to oneself (Poem Quotes) Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something (Poem Quotes) The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears to hear it (Poem Quotes) Never discuss the poem you contemplate writing. It’s like turning on the outside spigot. It takes all the pressure off the upstairs bathroom (Poem Quotes) I don’t think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals (Poem Quotes) The great poems of heaven and hell have been written and the great poem of earth remains to be written (Poem Quotes) Every authentic poem contributes to the labour of poetry... to bring together what life has separated or violence has torn apart (Poem Quotes) Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many alibis (Poem Quotes) Paranoia imposes its own vision on the external world; it differs from other kinds of visionary experience in that the paranoid wants others to share his view-even insists on it. Paranoia is very like poetic creativity. This accounts for my fascination with certain people in whom this state of mind was evident: ‘characters’ met by chance, whose words and gestures would haunt me for years until, finally, in a poem I was able to dispel them (Poem Quotes) Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all (Poem Quotes) Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it’s being turned into a thousand songs (Poem Quotes) I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it (Poem Quotes) Not the poem which we have read, but that to which we return, with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry (Poem Quotes) I tend to write poetry that is rich in data of various sorts. The lyric poem isn’t perfectly suited to accommodating such data, so I’ve had to find new ways to say everything that I want to say (Poem Quotes) I’ve had people explain to me what one of my poems meant, and I’ve been surprised that it means that to them. If a person can use a poem of mine to interpret her life or his life, good. I can’t control that. Nor would I want to (Poem Quotes) Once an author finishes a poem, he becomes merely another reader. I may remember what I intended to put into a text, but what matters is what a reader actually finds there which is usually something both more and less than the poet planned (Poem Quotes) Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don’t have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression (Poem Quotes) Listening a cultivated person of today that jokes and almost boasts about his scientific ignorance, is as sad as listening a scientist that boasts about not having read any poem (Poem Quotes) Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author.. reasoning poers must be brought to reinforce imagination (Poem Quotes) When a woman writes you a poem, she spends time with the gods on your behalf (Poem Quotes) I was always cutting words. I even would write my jokes in my notebook. I still do this, almost like a poem (Poem Quotes)

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