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The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice. It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry Picture Quote #1

In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don’t enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover thing Picture Quote #1

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems Picture Quote #1

Love Poem????????? It’s so nice to wake up in the morning all alone and not have to tell somebody you love them when you don’t love them any more Picture Quote #1

A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind Picture Quote #1

It is not usually possible in a poem or a story to make the relationship between particular and universal fully explicit. Those who try to do so end up writing parables Picture Quote #1

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What I try with my own stuff is to work the poem to a slow climax through a series of quiet painful dissonances Picture Quote #1

A poem is one undivided unimpeded expression fallen ripe into literature, and it is undividedly and unimpededly received by those for whom it was matured Picture Quote #1

Pound had argued - and Eliot had helped him prove - that a poem could be sustained by memorable moments. Olson proved that it could be sustained by unmemorable ones, provided that the texture of the accumulated jottings avoided the sound of failed poetry Picture Quote #1

In a poem, the words happen; they just come. I let them. Otherwise, I wouldn’t write. To interfere with what is happening is to distort the poem. Just a very small degree of intelligence and supervision is necessary. Very tactful. Any revision later that violates the text as it came, that begins rewriting the words, is fake Picture Quote #1

There is all the poetry in the world in a name. It is a poem which the mass of men hear and read. What is poetry in the common sense, but a hearing of such jingling names? I want nothing better than a good word. The name of a thing may easily be more than the thing itself to me Picture Quote #1

... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence Picture Quote #1

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A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake prestige throughbeing mistaken for good work. It is essentially negative, it is something that has not come through. But over bad criticism one has a sense of real calamity Picture Quote #1

Writing that gets rewritten as the earth moves. If you look at the sky that way, it’s this massive shifting poem, or maybe a letter, first written by one author, and then, when the earth moves, annotated by another. So I stare and stare until, one day, I can read it Picture Quote #1

Korea’s first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a pause along the way for a deep clear breath, a moon-viewing moment, a seasonal note or a farewell poem to a departing monk. His poems speak softly and clearly, like hearing a temple bell that was struck a thousand years ago Picture Quote #1

Being president is as difficult as writing the perfect poem. And being president is as effortless as writing the perfect poem. Always a Reckoning, my first collection of poetry, was described by Booklist as ‘keenly evocative.’ Picture Quote #1

Poems are not easy to start, and they’re not easy to finish. There’s a great pleasure in - I wouldn’t say ease, but maybe kind of a fascinated ease that accompanies the actual writing of the poem. I find it very difficult to get started Picture Quote #1

When I’m constructing a poem, I’m trying to write one good line after another. One solid line after another. You know a lot of the lines - some hold up better as lines than others. But I’m not thinking of just writing a paragraph and then chopping it up Picture Quote #1

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Poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose, such as certain kinds of irony or the importance of the unsaid. The most important element of any poem is the part that is left unsaid. So the poetry frames the experience that lies beyond naming Picture Quote #1

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal Picture Quote #1

Abraham Lincoln wrote a poem about me once. You might know it as the Gettysburg Address. Men with beards are romantic Picture Quote #1

The writing of a poem is, for me, in the first place, an almost total act of abandon leading to discovery leading to recognition Picture Quote #1

Green and living jewels drip into my eyes from the poem All Green and Living Things in the book Terra Affirmative Picture Quote #1

I found an empty chairand sat on itto find myself even emptier.I found a broken glassand looked at itto see my dissolved facea little prettierI found a steep doorwayand enteredin order to close my exit.From the poem ‘Blue Stanzas Picture Quote #1

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A poem is a construction of inner space. Language is to inner space as light is to material space Picture Quote #1

A writer draws a road map where readers walks with their love, joy, anger, tears, and dismay. Every story, every poem, has different meanings for every reader Picture Quote #1

If you’ve ever been to a poetry slam, you know that the highest scoring emotion is self-righteous indignation: how dare you judge me. So in that way, the poem, ‘What Teachers Make,’ is an absolutely formulaic slam poem designed to allow me to get up on my soap box and say, ‘Let me tell you what really makes me angry.’ Picture Quote #1

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get another perspective on the poem you’re reciting Picture Quote #1

Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It’s written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour Picture Quote #1

One breath taken completely; one poem, fully written, fully read - in such a moment, anything can happen Picture Quote #1

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The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice. It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry (Poem Quotes) In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don’t enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover thing (Poem Quotes) I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems (Poem Quotes) Love Poem????????? It’s so nice to wake up in the morning all alone and not have to tell somebody you love them when you don’t love them any more (Poem Quotes) A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind (Poem Quotes) It is not usually possible in a poem or a story to make the relationship between particular and universal fully explicit. Those who try to do so end up writing parables (Poem Quotes) What I try with my own stuff is to work the poem to a slow climax through a series of quiet painful dissonances (Poem Quotes) A poem is one undivided unimpeded expression fallen ripe into literature, and it is undividedly and unimpededly received by those for whom it was matured (Poem Quotes) Pound had argued - and Eliot had helped him prove - that a poem could be sustained by memorable moments. Olson proved that it could be sustained by unmemorable ones, provided that the texture of the accumulated jottings avoided the sound of failed poetry (Poem Quotes) In a poem, the words happen; they just come. I let them. Otherwise, I wouldn’t write. To interfere with what is happening is to distort the poem. Just a very small degree of intelligence and supervision is necessary. Very tactful. Any revision later that violates the text as it came, that begins rewriting the words, is fake (Poem Quotes) There is all the poetry in the world in a name. It is a poem which the mass of men hear and read. What is poetry in the common sense, but a hearing of such jingling names? I want nothing better than a good word. The name of a thing may easily be more than the thing itself to me (Poem Quotes) ... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence (Poem Quotes) A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake prestige throughbeing mistaken for good work. It is essentially negative, it is something that has not come through. But over bad criticism one has a sense of real calamity (Poem Quotes) Writing that gets rewritten as the earth moves. If you look at the sky that way, it’s this massive shifting poem, or maybe a letter, first written by one author, and then, when the earth moves, annotated by another. So I stare and stare until, one day, I can read it (Poem Quotes) Korea’s first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a pause along the way for a deep clear breath, a moon-viewing moment, a seasonal note or a farewell poem to a departing monk. His poems speak softly and clearly, like hearing a temple bell that was struck a thousand years ago (Poem Quotes) Being president is as difficult as writing the perfect poem. And being president is as effortless as writing the perfect poem. Always a Reckoning, my first collection of poetry, was described by Booklist as ‘keenly evocative.’ (Poem Quotes) Poems are not easy to start, and they’re not easy to finish. There’s a great pleasure in - I wouldn’t say ease, but maybe kind of a fascinated ease that accompanies the actual writing of the poem. I find it very difficult to get started (Poem Quotes) When I’m constructing a poem, I’m trying to write one good line after another. One solid line after another. You know a lot of the lines - some hold up better as lines than others. But I’m not thinking of just writing a paragraph and then chopping it up (Poem Quotes) Poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose, such as certain kinds of irony or the importance of the unsaid. The most important element of any poem is the part that is left unsaid. So the poetry frames the experience that lies beyond naming (Poem Quotes) A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal (Poem Quotes) Abraham Lincoln wrote a poem about me once. You might know it as the Gettysburg Address. Men with beards are romantic (Poem Quotes) The writing of a poem is, for me, in the first place, an almost total act of abandon leading to discovery leading to recognition (Poem Quotes) Green and living jewels drip into my eyes from the poem All Green and Living Things in the book Terra Affirmative (Poem Quotes) I found an empty chairand sat on itto find myself even emptier.I found a broken glassand looked at itto see my dissolved facea little prettierI found a steep doorwayand enteredin order to close my exit.From the poem ‘Blue Stanzas (Poem Quotes) A poem is a construction of inner space. Language is to inner space as light is to material space. (Poem Quotes) A writer draws a road map where readers walks with their love, joy, anger, tears, and dismay. Every story, every poem, has different meanings for every reader. (Poem Quotes) If you’ve ever been to a poetry slam, you know that the highest scoring emotion is self-righteous indignation: how dare you judge me. So in that way, the poem, ‘What Teachers Make,’ is an absolutely formulaic slam poem designed to allow me to get up on my soap box and say, ‘Let me tell you what really makes me angry.’ (Poem Quotes) When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get another perspective on the poem you’re reciting. (Poem Quotes) Because a poem is not written while running or while answering the phone. It’s written in whatever minutes one has. Sometimes you have half an hour. (Poem Quotes) One breath taken completely; one poem, fully written, fully read - in such a moment, anything can happen. (Poem Quotes)

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