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Poetry Quotes

For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts Picture Quote #1

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career Picture Quote #1

Have you ever heard a good joke? If you’ve ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you’re already on the way to poetry. It’s about using words in very precise ways and using gesture Picture Quote #1

He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger Picture Quote #1

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry Picture Quote #1

However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird Picture Quote #1

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I always liked the magic of poetry but now I’m just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they’ve used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there Picture Quote #1

I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn’t that spectacular Picture Quote #1

I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides may have a great deal to do with it Picture Quote #1

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes Picture Quote #1

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months Picture Quote #1

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I don’t look on poetry as closed works. I feel they’re going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length Picture Quote #1

I don’t think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can’t teach them is the very essence of poetry Picture Quote #1

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It’s hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do Picture Quote #1

I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it Picture Quote #1

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think Picture Quote #1

I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I’m glad that I did it Picture Quote #1

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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding Picture Quote #1

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way Picture Quote #1

I think that it’s more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction Picture Quote #1

I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time Picture Quote #1

I think that’s what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior Picture Quote #1

I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he’s going to write poetry or songs Picture Quote #1

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I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can’t really think of anyone who’s done anything like it since Picture Quote #1

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry Picture Quote #1

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose Picture Quote #1

I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life Picture Quote #1

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age Picture Quote #1

I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life, and it will all refine itself into poetry later on Picture Quote #1

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For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts (Poetry Quotes) Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career (Poetry Quotes) Have you ever heard a good joke? If you’ve ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you’re already on the way to poetry. It’s about using words in very precise ways and using gesture (Poetry Quotes) He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger (Poetry Quotes) How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry (Poetry Quotes) However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird (Poetry Quotes) I always liked the magic of poetry but now I’m just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they’ve used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there (Poetry Quotes) I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn’t that spectacular (Poetry Quotes) I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides may have a great deal to do with it (Poetry Quotes) I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes (Poetry Quotes) I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels (Poetry Quotes) I didn’t want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months (Poetry Quotes) I don’t look on poetry as closed works. I feel they’re going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length (Poetry Quotes) I don’t think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can’t teach them is the very essence of poetry (Poetry Quotes) I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It’s hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do (Poetry Quotes) I have piles of poetry books in the bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere. The only way to write poetry is to read it (Poetry Quotes) I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think (Poetry Quotes) I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I’m glad that I did it (Poetry Quotes) I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding (Poetry Quotes) I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way (Poetry Quotes) I think that it’s more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction (Poetry Quotes) I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going dead in us all the time (Poetry Quotes) I think that’s what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior (Poetry Quotes) I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he’s going to write poetry or songs (Poetry Quotes) I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can’t really think of anyone who’s done anything like it since (Poetry Quotes) I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry (Poetry Quotes) I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose (Poetry Quotes) I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life (Poetry Quotes) I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age (Poetry Quotes) I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life, and it will all refine itself into poetry later on (Poetry Quotes)

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