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Poets Quotes

There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends Picture Quote #1

The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings Picture Quote #1

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty Picture Quote #1

Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level Picture Quote #1

San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film - makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind Picture Quote #1

There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die Picture Quote #1

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I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire Picture Quote #1

I’ve been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from Picture Quote #1

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember Picture Quote #1

Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love Picture Quote #1

Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It’s the author’s story, the author’s voice Picture Quote #1

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We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there Picture Quote #1

Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write Picture Quote #1

The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness Picture Quote #1

Be yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are Picture Quote #1

Once you reach your fifties, you have to stop being interested in the present and write only on Elizabethan poets Picture Quote #1

I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be miserable Picture Quote #1

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I was able to read poets that were - allowed me to be humorous without being silly Picture Quote #1

I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet. I believe that I will return. Poets always return in flesh or on paper Picture Quote #1

The literary world is so full of pretension, and there’s such an enormous gap between how seriously poets take themselves and how widely they’re ignored by everybody else Picture Quote #1

I think Lindsay Kemp really introduced me to the work of Jean Genet, and through that, I kind of kept re-educating myself about other prose writers and poets Picture Quote #1

I agree that comedy does a good job - and is often about - stepping over the line - Lenny Bruce, etc. - and that this is important for a lot of poets too. I guess I feel like there has to be depth Picture Quote #1

I don’t write very much about penises. More than some poets but not perhaps as much as I should Picture Quote #1

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I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often. I know that I certainly have. That’s easy to do Picture Quote #1

I really like accompanying. I like working with vocalists, I’ve worked with a lot of poets Picture Quote #1

As we all know, poets are born brain-wired a certain way and every poet I know wrote as a child. I’m no exception Picture Quote #1

I get a huge energy transfusion from listening to poets read their works Picture Quote #1

For me personally, I love art and artists of all mediums and we’ve seen madness is more often than not present in the greatest painters, poets, writers, and songwriters in history Picture Quote #1

In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don’t enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover thing Picture Quote #1

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There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends (Poets Quotes) The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings (Poets Quotes) But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty (Poets Quotes) Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level (Poets Quotes) San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film - makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind (Poets Quotes) There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die (Poets Quotes) I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire (Poets Quotes) I’ve been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe (Poets Quotes) I don’t know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from (Poets Quotes) The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember (Poets Quotes) Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love (Poets Quotes) Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It’s the author’s story, the author’s voice (Poets Quotes) We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there (Poets Quotes) Black actors on the road, flying around the country working as poets. Those people are inspirations for millions of kids who write (Poets Quotes) The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness (Poets Quotes) Be yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are (Poets Quotes) Once you reach your fifties, you have to stop being interested in the present and write only on Elizabethan poets (Poets Quotes) I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be miserable (Poets Quotes) I was able to read poets that were - allowed me to be humorous without being silly (Poets Quotes) I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet. I believe that I will return. Poets always return in flesh or on paper (Poets Quotes) The literary world is so full of pretension, and there’s such an enormous gap between how seriously poets take themselves and how widely they’re ignored by everybody else (Poets Quotes) I think Lindsay Kemp really introduced me to the work of Jean Genet, and through that, I kind of kept re-educating myself about other prose writers and poets (Poets Quotes) I agree that comedy does a good job - and is often about - stepping over the line - Lenny Bruce, etc. - and that this is important for a lot of poets too. I guess I feel like there has to be depth (Poets Quotes) I don’t write very much about penises. More than some poets but not perhaps as much as I should (Poets Quotes) I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often. I know that I certainly have. That’s easy to do (Poets Quotes) I really like accompanying. I like working with vocalists, I’ve worked with a lot of poets (Poets Quotes) As we all know, poets are born brain-wired a certain way and every poet I know wrote as a child. I’m no exception (Poets Quotes) I get a huge energy transfusion from listening to poets read their works (Poets Quotes) For me personally, I love art and artists of all mediums and we’ve seen madness is more often than not present in the greatest painters, poets, writers, and songwriters in history (Poets Quotes) In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don’t enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover thing (Poets Quotes)

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