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Poetry is poetry, and one’s objective as a poet is to achieve poetry precisely as one’s objective in music is to achieve music Picture Quote #1

... poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths Picture Quote #1

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing Picture Quote #1

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully Picture Quote #1

My poetry is the most disappointing thing for me that I’ve ever written. When I say I can write everything, I don’t say I can write everything well Picture Quote #1

The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music Picture Quote #1

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But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker’s background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history Picture Quote #1

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one’s own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss Picture Quote #1

In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous Picture Quote #1

My art and poetry is very political now. Because you’ve got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen Picture Quote #1

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins Picture Quote #1

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this Picture Quote #1

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I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless Picture Quote #1

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet’s personality Picture Quote #1

Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born Picture Quote #1

That sense of a life in natural objects, which in most poetry is but a rhetorical artifice, was, then, in Wordsworth the assertion of what was for him almost literal fact Picture Quote #1

Poetry is like air. It’s one of the necessary things. Everyone benefits from poetry. And as you know, poetry is international. There are only two things that are truly international, poetry and wine Picture Quote #1

I think poetry is the best thing I do. It’s certainly the purest. I seem to switch gears without too much trouble. Non-fiction is in many ways the easiest to write Picture Quote #1

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Poetry is poetry, and one’s objective as a poet is to achieve poetry precisely as one’s objective in music is to achieve music (Poetry Is Quotes) ... poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths (Poetry Is Quotes) Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you’ve lost the whole thing (Poetry Is Quotes) Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully (Poetry Is Quotes) My poetry is the most disappointing thing for me that I’ve ever written. When I say I can write everything, I don’t say I can write everything well (Poetry Is Quotes) The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music (Poetry Is Quotes) But poetry is a way of language, it is not its subject or its maker’s background or interests or hobbies or fixations. It is nearer to utterance than history (Poetry Is Quotes) For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one’s own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss (Poetry Is Quotes) In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous (Poetry Is Quotes) My art and poetry is very political now. Because you’ve got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen (Poetry Is Quotes) Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one’s geographic landscape, sometimes out of one’s cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins (Poetry Is Quotes) High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this (Poetry Is Quotes) I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless (Poetry Is Quotes) I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet’s personality (Poetry Is Quotes) Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born (Poetry Is Quotes) That sense of a life in natural objects, which in most poetry is but a rhetorical artifice, was, then, in Wordsworth the assertion of what was for him almost literal fact (Poetry Is Quotes) Poetry is like air. It’s one of the necessary things. Everyone benefits from poetry. And as you know, poetry is international. There are only two things that are truly international, poetry and wine (Poetry Is Quotes) I think poetry is the best thing I do. It’s certainly the purest. I seem to switch gears without too much trouble. Non-fiction is in many ways the easiest to write (Poetry Is Quotes)

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