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I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called ‘The Pen,’ and I - you know, I had a crush on a girl, and she left me when I was incarcerated. And I found this poem in this anthology that talked about having your heart broken and being incarcerated Picture Quote #1

That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you’re examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don’t ignore the honest muttering in your head Picture Quote #1

The poem ‘What Teachers Make’ is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: ‘Gee, Mr. Mali. You don’t possibly have a teacher-God complex, do you?’ And that was the first time I’d ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I’m sure I have a teacher-God complex Picture Quote #1

A good poem has rhyming but no ending, it continues to rhyme in our heart Picture Quote #1

Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance. Educated listeners compare performance with text and with other performances. Good poets use the full resources of language Picture Quote #1

I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer Picture Quote #1

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But the divinest poem, or the life of a great man, is the severest satire.... The greater the genius, the keener the edge of the satire Picture Quote #1

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that’s a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don’t like the melodies, and vice versa Picture Quote #1

I started out wanting to write great poems, then wanting to discover true poems. Now, I want to be the poem Picture Quote #1

A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it Picture Quote #1

If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it’s really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting Picture Quote #1

One of my greatest joys is poetry. I read it almost every day, and I’ve even taken a stab at writing some of my own. A poem I wrote for my mother when she was dying really helped me get through that hard time Picture Quote #1

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Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my head all the time. I still think the very greatest pleasure in life is to write a poem 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

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem Picture Quote #1

Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn’t think I could understand poetry; I didn’t think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem Picture Quote #1

The tougher the form the easier it is for me to handle the poem, because the form gives permission to be very gut honest about feelings Picture Quote #1

I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine Picture Quote #1

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The experiment of poetry, as far as I am concerned, happens when the poem carries you beyond where you could have reasonably expected to go Picture Quote #1

A poem is a frozen moment melted by each reader for themselves to flow into the here and now Picture Quote #1

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I was in juvenile detention center, and I was in Rikers Island. And there was an anthology written by the inmates called ‘The Pen,’ and I - you know, I had a crush on a girl, and she left me when I was incarcerated. And I found this poem in this anthology that talked about having your heart broken and being incarcerated. (Poem Quotes) That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you’re examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don’t ignore the honest muttering in your head. (Poem Quotes) The poem ‘What Teachers Make’ is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: ‘Gee, Mr. Mali. You don’t possibly have a teacher-God complex, do you?’ And that was the first time I’d ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I’m sure I have a teacher-God complex. (Poem Quotes) A good poem has rhyming but no ending, it continues to rhyme in our heart (Poem Quotes) Poetry is not a silent art. The poem must perform, unaided, in its reader’s head. Educated readers give themselves a good performance. Educated listeners compare performance with text and with other performances. Good poets use the full resources of language. (Poem Quotes) I’m not very good at praying, but what I experience when I’m writing a poem is close to prayer. (Poem Quotes) But the divinest poem, or the life of a great man, is the severest satire.... The greater the genius, the keener the edge of the satire. (Poem Quotes) If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that’s a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don’t like the melodies, and vice versa. (Poem Quotes) I started out wanting to write great poems, then wanting to discover true poems. Now, I want to be the poem. (Poem Quotes) A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it (Poem Quotes) If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I used it in a poem, but it’s really not right for that poem, but I wanted it, that would be distorting. (Poem Quotes) One of my greatest joys is poetry. I read it almost every day, and I’ve even taken a stab at writing some of my own. A poem I wrote for my mother when she was dying really helped me get through that hard time. (Poem Quotes) Poetry was one of the things that interested me most as I was growing up. I used to write it in my head all the time. I still think the very greatest pleasure in life is to write a poem. (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) Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem. (Poem Quotes) Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn’t think I could understand poetry; I didn’t think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem. (Poem Quotes) The tougher the form the easier it is for me to handle the poem, because the form gives permission to be very gut honest about feelings. (Poem Quotes) I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine. (Poem Quotes) The experiment of poetry, as far as I am concerned, happens when the poem carries you beyond where you could have reasonably expected to go. (Poem Quotes) A poem is a frozen moment melted by each reader for themselves to flow into the here and now (Poem Quotes)

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