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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry Picture Quote #1

20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it Picture Quote #1

Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy and insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, vision, recognition to our lives. We just might be more complete, more aware after a poem Picture Quote #1

Poetry examines an emotional truth. It’s an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific truths. The poet’s job is to combine new elements. Explore their melting, seeping into one another Picture Quote #1

Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It’s been an integral activity for a long time Picture Quote #1

For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life Picture Quote #1

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What was the function of poetry if not to improve the petty, cautious minds of evasive children? Picture Quote #1

Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun Picture Quote #1

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad Picture Quote #1

I am convinced that the first lyric poem was written at night, and that the moon was witness to the event and that the event was witness to the moon. For me, the moon has always been the very embodiment of lyric poetry Picture Quote #1

Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy Picture Quote #1

Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious Picture Quote #1

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In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it Picture Quote #1

Historically, there are hierarchies of purity. Certain aspects of poetry are very, very pure. The lyric poem can’t be anything but the lyric poem Picture Quote #1

I would say that when I write prose I’m a more socially responsible person. I’m much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me Picture Quote #1

I think that when you reveal things that are going to cause pain, you have rhetorical resources in poetry Picture Quote #1

Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I’m making little star maps when I write poems Picture Quote #1

One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides it much, much more. Fiction doesn’t necessarily reveal what it’s doing with rhythm and sound and patterning Picture Quote #1

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I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don’t really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they’re dependent on the music Picture Quote #1

Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle it back across the border. Any poem I get written down feels like contraband to me Picture Quote #1

My ear is not working, my poetry ear. I can’t write a line that doesn’t sound like pots and pans falling out of the cupboard Picture Quote #1

Winter’s notion of poetry is tragedy. It knows nothing of comedy. Its laughter was frozen on its lips long ago Picture Quote #1

I was intoxicated by the romantic poetry of our great writers. I arranged the world according to my private use, looking at it through the poems I had devoured Picture Quote #1

You can’t make poetry out of thought; poetry is passion. Linear thought must be seduced by wild mind, by the fires of ecstasy Picture Quote #1

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When a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it is poetry Picture Quote #1

I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel I sort of get very excited and fed by Picture Quote #1

I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all Picture Quote #1

From laboratories employing complex apparatus, poetry often emerges into the outside world after a long lapse of time, just as some scientific discoveries become common property only after they have entered the blood stream of the generations Picture Quote #1

Poetry, in the entire course of its development, has always been trying to capture meanings and problems which are still obscure and dormant. Poetry tries to awaken them with a kiss, wherever they may be: in the air, in things, in human beings Picture Quote #1

Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it’s even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words Picture Quote #1

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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry (Poetry Quotes) 20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it (Poetry Quotes) Poetry saves what is human in this world going gaudy and insane. In exploring small truths, something larger might turn up, adding dimension, insight, vision, recognition to our lives. We just might be more complete, more aware after a poem (Poetry Quotes) Poetry examines an emotional truth. It’s an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific truths. The poet’s job is to combine new elements. Explore their melting, seeping into one another (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is road maintenance for a fragmented world which seeks to be kept together. It’s been an integral activity for a long time (Poetry Quotes) For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life (Poetry Quotes) What was the function of poetry if not to improve the petty, cautious minds of evasive children? (Poetry Quotes) Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun (Poetry Quotes) All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad (Poetry Quotes) I am convinced that the first lyric poem was written at night, and that the moon was witness to the event and that the event was witness to the moon. For me, the moon has always been the very embodiment of lyric poetry (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is sentimental to begin with. To write a sentimental poem is an act of redundancy (Poetry Quotes) Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and invention over fact and truth. Figurative language is suspicious (Poetry Quotes) In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it (Poetry Quotes) Historically, there are hierarchies of purity. Certain aspects of poetry are very, very pure. The lyric poem can’t be anything but the lyric poem (Poetry Quotes) I would say that when I write prose I’m a more socially responsible person. I’m much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me (Poetry Quotes) I think that when you reveal things that are going to cause pain, you have rhetorical resources in poetry (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I’m making little star maps when I write poems (Poetry Quotes) One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides it much, much more. Fiction doesn’t necessarily reveal what it’s doing with rhythm and sound and patterning (Poetry Quotes) I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don’t really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they’re dependent on the music (Poetry Quotes) Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle it back across the border. Any poem I get written down feels like contraband to me (Poetry Quotes) My ear is not working, my poetry ear. I can’t write a line that doesn’t sound like pots and pans falling out of the cupboard (Poetry Quotes) Winter’s notion of poetry is tragedy. It knows nothing of comedy. Its laughter was frozen on its lips long ago (Poetry Quotes) I was intoxicated by the romantic poetry of our great writers. I arranged the world according to my private use, looking at it through the poems I had devoured (Poetry Quotes) You can’t make poetry out of thought; poetry is passion. Linear thought must be seduced by wild mind, by the fires of ecstasy (Poetry Quotes) When a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it is poetry (Poetry Quotes) I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel I sort of get very excited and fed by (Poetry Quotes) I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all (Poetry Quotes) From laboratories employing complex apparatus, poetry often emerges into the outside world after a long lapse of time, just as some scientific discoveries become common property only after they have entered the blood stream of the generations (Poetry Quotes) Poetry, in the entire course of its development, has always been trying to capture meanings and problems which are still obscure and dormant. Poetry tries to awaken them with a kiss, wherever they may be: in the air, in things, in human beings (Poetry Quotes) Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it’s even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words (Poetry Quotes)

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