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Poem Quotes

Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m sick of this poem, you probably are too Picture Quote #1

The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see Picture Quote #1

In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment Picture Quote #1

A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written Picture Quote #1

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

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

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

In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival 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

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

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

When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem Picture Quote #1

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I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem Picture Quote #1

For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem Picture Quote #1

What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them Picture Quote #1

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy Picture Quote #1

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering Picture Quote #1

An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake Picture Quote #1

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Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting Picture Quote #1

Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet Picture Quote #1

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem Picture Quote #1

To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off Picture Quote #1

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words Picture Quote #1

But most commonly, it’s one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity Picture Quote #1

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A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season Picture Quote #1

If you can explain a poem, it is not a poem. Poetry has to be inexplicable Picture Quote #1

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

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

I did a short film at Outfest, ‘Where Are the Dolls,’ based on an Elizabeth Bishop poem done, where I play this woman who is sort of walking the streets and ends up alone dancing in a club. I have this hot and heavy scene with a very beautiful actress. It became very popular Picture Quote #1

A poem may be worked over once it is in being, but may not be worried into being Picture Quote #1

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Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m sick of this poem, you probably are too (Poem Quotes) The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see (Poem Quotes) In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment (Poem Quotes) A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written (Poem Quotes) The voice does go up in a poem. It is an address, even if it is to oneself (Poem Quotes) Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all (Poem Quotes) When a woman writes you a poem, she spends time with the gods on your behalf (Poem Quotes) In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival (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) 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) 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) When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem (Poem Quotes) I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem (Poem Quotes) For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem (Poem Quotes) What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them (Poem Quotes) My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. … it filled me with soul satisfying joy (Poem Quotes) I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering (Poem Quotes) An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake (Poem Quotes) Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting (Poem Quotes) Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet (Poem Quotes) It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem (Poem Quotes) To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off (Poem Quotes) A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words (Poem Quotes) But most commonly, it’s one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity (Poem Quotes) A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season (Poem Quotes) If you can explain a poem, it is not a poem. Poetry has to be inexplicable (Poem Quotes) I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems (Poem Quotes) A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind (Poem Quotes) I did a short film at Outfest, ‘Where Are the Dolls,’ based on an Elizabeth Bishop poem done, where I play this woman who is sort of walking the streets and ends up alone dancing in a club. I have this hot and heavy scene with a very beautiful actress. It became very popular. (Poem Quotes) A poem may be worked over once it is in being, but may not be worried into being (Poem Quotes)

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