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A poem is an invocation, rebellious return to the blessedness of beginning again, wandering free in pure process of forgetting and finding Picture Quote #1

In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind Picture Quote #1

There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man Picture Quote #1

In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival Picture Quote #1

One could go on revising a prose page forever whereas there is a point in a poem when one knows it is done forever Picture Quote #1

For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer Picture Quote #1

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For poetry is, I believe, always an act of the spirit. The poem teaches us something while we make it. The poem makes you as you make the poem, and your making of the poem requires all your capacities of thought, feeling, analysis, and synthesis Picture Quote #1

Each new poem is partly propelled by the formal energies of all the poems that have preceded it in the history of literature Picture Quote #1

Try making a poem as if it were a table, clear and solid, standing there outside you Picture Quote #1

I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem Picture Quote #1

A suicide is both a rebuke to the living and a puzzle that defies them to solve it. Like a poem, suicide is finished and refuses to answer questions as to its final cause Picture Quote #1

The poet should try to give his poem the quiet swiftness of flame, so that the reader will feel and not think while he is reading. But the thinking will come afterwards Picture Quote #1

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It’s a little mad, but I believe I am many people. When I am writing a poem, I feel I am the person who should have written it Picture Quote #1

Workers need poetry more than bread. They need that their life should be a poem. They need some light from eternity. Religion alone can be the source of such poetry Picture Quote #1

My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music. The temple in which I dance can be vague or faithfully reproduced, for I am the temple Picture Quote #1

People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are looking for hope and inspiration. I understand that Picture Quote #1

Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can’t imagine trying to translate something without at least being able to hear what it sounds like Picture Quote #1

There are some books in which every poem is a facet of the same thing. So the book is like a piece of music. And there are books of poems that I love so much that I carry them around with me Picture Quote #1

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The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I’d try it out Picture Quote #1

One thing that I believe is that every time I write something, I am taking the time to celebrate. Even if I am writing a sad story or an angry poem, I am still giving those stories my time and attention Picture Quote #1

Things that I have a hard time being able to fully grasp, sometimes writing the poem helps me work through it. Or I get to the end of the poem and I still haven’t figured anything out, but at least I have a new poem out of it Picture Quote #1

I don’t like basements, but definitely basements could be poems. Not fond of skin diseases, but again, there’s a pattern. Probably anything could be a poem Picture Quote #1

Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field Picture Quote #1

A lot of people are writing poems and don’t realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound or what subjects it should address Picture Quote #1

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The truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same Picture Quote #1

The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form Picture Quote #1

The poem is always the last resort. In it the poet makes a world in little, and finds peace, even though, under complete focused emotion, the evocation be far more bitter than reality, or far more lovely Picture Quote #1

One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth Picture Quote #1

Whenever I get lost in a novel I just throw a poem in. What it does is flare up, and it’s so illuminated that I’m able to see where to go. I write between these illuminations Picture Quote #1

... the poem reminds us of what we ourselves know, but did not know we knew; reminds us, above all, of what we are Picture Quote #1

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A poem is an invocation, rebellious return to the blessedness of beginning again, wandering free in pure process of forgetting and finding (Poem Quotes) In a poem the words should be as pleasing to the ear as the meaning is to the mind (Poem Quotes) There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man (Poem Quotes) In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival (Poem Quotes) One could go on revising a prose page forever whereas there is a point in a poem when one knows it is done forever (Poem Quotes) For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer (Poem Quotes) For poetry is, I believe, always an act of the spirit. The poem teaches us something while we make it. The poem makes you as you make the poem, and your making of the poem requires all your capacities of thought, feeling, analysis, and synthesis (Poem Quotes) Each new poem is partly propelled by the formal energies of all the poems that have preceded it in the history of literature (Poem Quotes) Try making a poem as if it were a table, clear and solid, standing there outside you (Poem Quotes) I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem (Poem Quotes) A suicide is both a rebuke to the living and a puzzle that defies them to solve it. Like a poem, suicide is finished and refuses to answer questions as to its final cause (Poem Quotes) The poet should try to give his poem the quiet swiftness of flame, so that the reader will feel and not think while he is reading. But the thinking will come afterwards (Poem Quotes) It’s a little mad, but I believe I am many people. When I am writing a poem, I feel I am the person who should have written it (Poem Quotes) Workers need poetry more than bread. They need that their life should be a poem. They need some light from eternity. Religion alone can be the source of such poetry (Poem Quotes) My dance is a sacred poem in which each movement is a word and whose every word is underlined by music. The temple in which I dance can be vague or faithfully reproduced, for I am the temple (Poem Quotes) People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are looking for hope and inspiration. I understand that (Poem Quotes) Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can’t imagine trying to translate something without at least being able to hear what it sounds like (Poem Quotes) There are some books in which every poem is a facet of the same thing. So the book is like a piece of music. And there are books of poems that I love so much that I carry them around with me (Poem Quotes) The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I’d try it out (Poem Quotes) One thing that I believe is that every time I write something, I am taking the time to celebrate. Even if I am writing a sad story or an angry poem, I am still giving those stories my time and attention (Poem Quotes) Things that I have a hard time being able to fully grasp, sometimes writing the poem helps me work through it. Or I get to the end of the poem and I still haven’t figured anything out, but at least I have a new poem out of it (Poem Quotes) I don’t like basements, but definitely basements could be poems. Not fond of skin diseases, but again, there’s a pattern. Probably anything could be a poem (Poem Quotes) Writing a poem is always a process of subtracting: you start with all of language available to you, and you choose a smaller field (Poem Quotes) A lot of people are writing poems and don’t realize it. They have this limited idea of how the poem should sound or what subjects it should address (Poem Quotes) The truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same (Poem Quotes) The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form (Poem Quotes) The poem is always the last resort. In it the poet makes a world in little, and finds peace, even though, under complete focused emotion, the evocation be far more bitter than reality, or far more lovely (Poem Quotes) One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth (Poem Quotes) Whenever I get lost in a novel I just throw a poem in. What it does is flare up, and it’s so illuminated that I’m able to see where to go. I write between these illuminations (Poem Quotes) ... the poem reminds us of what we ourselves know, but did not know we knew; reminds us, above all, of what we are (Poem Quotes)

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